Bush was talking about America when he said that. He was not including Israel and their age old tribal fight with the arabs. That's what he meant when he restricted it to 'terrorists of global reach'.
Bush was talking about America when he said that. He was not including Israel and their age old tribal fight with the arabs. That's what he meant when he restricted it to 'terrorists of global reach'.
You are trying to parse his words too finely. Take them in the coarsest sense: "You are either for us or against us."
Besides, since there are Palestinians influencing the major American and European media, . . . and, since the victims of Palestinian violence against civilians over the past few years has claimed the lives of Americans, Europeans, and other foreigners, I guess that means the Palestinians fit the definition of "terrorists of global reach," huh, Abdullah?
Bush was talking about America when he said that. He was not including Israel and their age old tribal fight with the arabs.
Actually BenR2 has the quote wrong, but his point is right. Bush said you are with us (i.e. in the war on terror) or you are with the terrorists, and he was speaking to the world.
No amount of monkey-no-see pretence can obscure which side Israel is on and which side the Palestinians are on when it comes to the war on terror.