[wagglebee]

Some have also argued that extremism has been strengthened by the actions of our coalition in Iraq, claiming that our presence in that country has somehow caused or triggered the rage of radicals. I would remind them that we were not in Iraq on September the 11th, 2001. and al Qaeda attacked us anyway.

Bush should be saying this every single time he is in front of a microphone!

[NordP]

Thanks for posting! ....I'm pinging myself to keep tabs on this great speech.

[MJY1288]

He has been for the last 3 weeks :-)

I also like this line he has been using

"Bin Laden says his own rules to tell Muslims, quote, "what is good for them and what is not." And what this man, who grew up in wealth and privilege, considers good for poor Muslims is that they become killers and suicide bombers. He assures them that this is the road to paradise, though he never offers to go along for the ride."

:-)

[Archangelsk]

we were not in Iraq on September the 11th, 2001. and al Qaeda attacked us anyway.

I respectfully remind the President that 15 of the 19 hijackers were from a country to the southwest of our current position.

I humbly suggest that he get after it.

[jveritas]

Great speech Mr. President.

God bless you Sir and God bless our brave troops.

[tomnbeverly]

Concur... Lets start talking about the what if we were not in Iraq scenarios. Like the thousands of dead U.S. citizens who went to work one day when the dirty bomb went off. Or the hundreds of dead children who went to school one day when the terrorists decided to take their school hostage. Not one single attack in the U.S. since 9/11/01 over 4 years? Where are the talking heads that said we could expect many more attacks right after 9/11...

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Some have also argued that extremism ( EXTREMISM by the Liberals/MSM/Moonbats here also in the USA ) has been strengthened by the ( existence of just being Conservative/Republican/ Loving America ) actions of our coalition in Iraq, claiming that our ( Conservatives/Republicans/True blue Americans who love America ) presence in ( in this country also ) that country has somehow caused or triggered the rage of radicals ( MSM/Democrat/Liberal/Moon bat radicals also in this country ).
I would remind them that we were not in Iraq on September the 11th, 2001. and al Qaeda attacked us anyway.

[Rennes Templar]

W should give this great speech at the State of the Union Address. Best explanation (for the DUmmmies) for the War on Terror yet. Damn MSM won't report this.

[Tarantulas]

I believe this is the finest speech ever by President Bush. But I prefer the whitehouse.gov version:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/20051028-1.html

Because it gives a voice to the heckler...and to the crowd!

"AUDIENCE MEMBER: Mr. President, war is terror."

"AUDIENCE: Booo!"

He has finally spoken the word I've hoped to hear him say for such a long time. "Islamofascism." He needs to use it every day, in every speech, so the world can get used to how it sounds. It's not the war on terror, it's the war on Islamofascism. There are no Buddhist terrorists, no Seventh-Day Adventist suicide bombers, no Hare Krishna snipers. We have met the enemy, and the enemy is Islamofascism. Wrap your lips around that word, BBC. See how it sounds on the nightly news, MSNBC. I want to hear it roll off the lovely lips of Robin Meade on the CNN morning news.

Although there are some things I wish he would do better, I am proud to have George W. Bush as my President.