[TexasCowboy]

Very good analysis, Jeff.
I hope you're right about the purpose of mentioning the Quran. I hadn't thought of it that way, and somehow I can't quite grasp it.

Thank you, Squantos.
I just got tired of being called a bigot for telling the truth.

[Jeff Head]

From one native Texan to another...thanks. The thought goes like this...by giving such a strong speech about liberty, free will, and freedom from compulsion...and then mentioning the Koran in regards to those fundamental values...Muslims will be force to confront the reality of their own system...at least reasoning Muslims will. Make no mistake, there are lots of them.

In so doing, it will aid in bringing about a reformation. Those Muslims who seek liberty, who either flee from their lands to find it, or hope for it while living under the boot of tyranny (as millions in Iraq have done and are now showing) will realize that a reformation is in order. At least that is the theory.

If Bush's comment was made at this level...that comment not being so much for our consumption as a philosophical gauntlet and study in opposites laid down for the Muslims themselves...then it was mastrerfully and subtley done. A gauntlet for the tyrants themselves, and a not so subtle message towards reform to the masses living under them.