In America's ideal of freedom, the public interest depends on private character - on integrity, and tolerance toward others, and the rule of conscience in our own lives. Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self. That edifice of character is built in families, supported by communities with standards, and sustained in our national life by the truths of Sinai, the Sermon on the Mount, the words of the Koran, and the varied faiths of our people. Americans move forward in every generation by reaffirming all that is good and true that came before - ideals of justice and conduct that are the same yesterday, today, and forever. I'm sorry President Bush, but I beg to differ.
The words of the Koran led to 9/11. Period. To equate the Ten Commandments and the Holy Bible with the book that inspired the attack on America on 9/11 is reprehensible. To pretend that the words of the Koran are somehow beneficial to America is delusional. Damn your incessant pandering.
Let us be realistic here. There are American citizens who are Muslims. There are allies, like Jordan and Pakistan, which are Muslim countries. We are currently fighting WITH Muslims in Iraq, in order to defeat the terrorists.
Apparently you wish to enrage citizens, alienate allies, and destroy the progress we have made in Iraq....all for a sound bite that will feed your anger.
I think not.