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Bush calls terror fight WWIII
Agence France-Presse ^ | 06-05-2006 | From correspondents in Washington

Posted on 05/06/2006 5:29:15 PM PDT by LSUfan

US President George W. Bush has said the September 11 revolt of passengers against their hijackers on board Flight 93 had struck the first blow of "World War III".

In an interview with the financial news network CNBC, Mr Bush said he had yet to see the recently released film of the uprising, a dramatic portrayal of events on the United Airlines plane before it crashed in a Pennsylvania field.

But he said he agreed with the description of David Beamer, whose son Todd died in the crash, who in a Wall Street Journal commentary last month called it "our first successful counter-attack in our homeland in this new global war, World War III".

Mr Bush said: "I believe that. I believe that it was the first counter-attack to World War III.

"It was, it was unbelievably heroic of those folks on the airplane to recognize the danger and save lives," he said.

Flight 93 crashed on the morning of September 11, 2001, killing the 33 passengers, seven crew members and four hijackers, after passengers stormed the cockpit and battled the hijackers for control of the aircraft.

The president has repeatedly praised the heroism of the passengers in fighting back and so launching the first blow of what he usually calls the "war on terror".

In 2002, then-White House spokesman Ari Fleischer explicitly declined to call the hunt for Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda group and its followers "World War III".


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; bush; islam; islamists; jihad; jihadists; muslim; religionofpeace; rop; september11th; terror; terrorism; thereligionofpeace; trop; w; waronterror; wot; wwiii
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To: the invisib1e hand
Wall Street Journal

Look it up. If you are smart enough to be on FR you can figure this out.

41 posted on 05/06/2006 7:07:48 PM PDT by SeeRushToldU_So ( Go Braves!)
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To: LSUfan

Now if Bush will just stop with that "religion of peace"
bullcrap.


42 posted on 05/06/2006 7:09:28 PM PDT by beethovenfan
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To: pillut48
WW3 it is.

WWIV. Reagan won WWIII.

43 posted on 05/06/2006 7:13:36 PM PDT by Cobra64 (All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
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To: Restorer
The way it is worded implies that the the passengers were responsible for the crash. I object. The plane was going to crash anyway. All the heroic passengers did was change the crash site from the Capitol to a pasture.

"United 93" makes that unmistakably clear.

Go see it -- unless one has an "anger management" problem...

44 posted on 05/06/2006 7:21:25 PM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi 2006 | SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0urs)
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To: Gordongekko909
We're in World War 4 now.

Yes. WWIV.

45 posted on 05/06/2006 7:26:42 PM PDT by Cobra64 (All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
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To: beethovenfan
That and consider controling Americas borders. It is World War 3 after all. Yes Religion of peace , Jobs americans won't do , Strenghten the borders , vigilantes. Well i quess we say silly things in the fog of WW3 .
46 posted on 05/06/2006 7:27:55 PM PDT by fantom
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To: sionnsar

My beef is with the writers of the French "news" article, not with the producers of the movie, which I haven't seen yet, and certainly not with the passengers of Flight 93.

The way they worded the article implies that the passengers caused the deaths of all those on board.

I didn't like that.


47 posted on 05/06/2006 7:37:21 PM PDT by Restorer
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To: Steve Van Doorn

Yeah I've heard someone actually call the WOT "World War 4" for the very reason the Cold war was "WW3"


48 posted on 05/06/2006 7:47:39 PM PDT by CommieCutter
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To: LSUfan

He wishes. It's about half the US against the jihadis, with everybody else (honorable mention to the Brits, Aussies, Danes, etc.) standing around looking po-faced.

A World War, in the sense of a war that everybody's fighting? Ha!


49 posted on 05/06/2006 8:14:37 PM PDT by Grut
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To: All
Unlike W.W.II -- the last time that the left supported the U.S. in war -- the enemy's propaganda machine has free rein here. Everywhere from members of Congress to the MSM and universities to web sites like DU and Daily Cuss the enemy's propaganda machine keeps going.

The world knows that no one can beat our military but our government can be -- and has been -- defeated. No more Vietnams! This one is for all the marbles.

50 posted on 05/06/2006 8:22:52 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: Blue Jays

I can't tell if you are joking or not.

But I won't worry either way.. it's OK.


51 posted on 05/06/2006 8:37:03 PM PDT by SteveMcKing
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To: LSUfan

Dozens of nations have been wounded by Islamic terrorism. The safety of the entire free world is at stake. Over 20 countries have pledged military aid to this fight. Our enemy is any dictator or people that do not renounce terror. THE WAR ON TERROR, FROM AFHGANISTAN TO IRAQ TO IRAN, IS WORLD WAR III.

It's about time Commander W dubs this what it really is.

God bless him, our troops, and our America.


53 posted on 05/06/2006 10:26:33 PM PDT by Right-Wing Champion (God Bless the USA)
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To: ideas_over_party

Actually after WWII our relationship with France was best of friends for a short time.


54 posted on 05/06/2006 11:13:10 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* “I love you guys”)
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To: SteveMcKing
Hi StevMcKing-

"...I can't tell if you are joking or not. But I won't worry either way..it's OK..."


My post was deadly serious. My grandmother legally came to the United States as a nineteen year-old girl. Many years later, by the time she had grandchildren, she would tell us stories of what it was like growing-up around Europe until she departed for our country. She always had cautionary tales about "Mohammadans" which is the word she used for Muslim people. She regarded them as liars and potentially violent.

The four of us grandchildren knew she wasn't playing around because as a decent Christian she otherwise never had an unkind word for anyone. She was the stereotypical tiny (yet strong) european grandmother who had a knack for fantastic cooking and showered us grandchildren with love. If the topic turned to Muslim people anywhere on the globe, her tone grew much more somber.

~ Blue Jays ~

55 posted on 05/07/2006 4:06:18 AM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: SeeRushToldU_So; The Invisible Hand
Hi SeeRushToldU_So:

"...Look it up. If you are smart enough to be on FR you can figure this out..."


It's not that simple. One has to be a paying member of The Wall Street Journal Interactive to access full stories. I'll be darned if I'm going to post my password here, but I'll be happy to access the story to share with a FReeper who has asked nicely like The Invisible Hand has, as soon as I get a chance to look it up.

~ Blue Jays ~

56 posted on 05/07/2006 4:17:05 AM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: Stepan12

"If I am elected President, I will fight a more sensitive war toward terrorists."


58 posted on 05/07/2006 9:31:11 AM PDT by Emmet Fitzhume (Memo to the deceivers at CNN: It is NOT "Domestic Spying." It is TERRORIST SURVEILLANCE!)
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To: ideas_over_party

yes it was DeGaulle


59 posted on 05/07/2006 12:24:27 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* “I love you guys”)
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