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From Bush's Speech Today	Choux	10/06/05
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush sought Thursday to revive waning public support for the war in Iraq, accusing militants of seeking to establish a ``radical Islamic empire that spans from Spain to Indonesia'' with Iraq serving as the main front. Islamic radicals are being sheltered by ``allies of convenience like Syria and Iran,'' Bush declared in a speech before the National Endowment for Democracy. He said the United States and its allies had foiled at least 10 plots by the al-Qaida terror network in the four years since the Sept. 11 terror attacks - three of them in the United States - and he warned other nations not to support or harbor groups with al-Qaida ties." Comments about these specific remarks?? Thanks
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Bradd		10/06/05
The historical reality is that Islam has been a warlike agressive movement since the late 7th century until it met its first major confrontation with Europe in the Crusades - those much maligned movements of the "Catholic Church". As the Crusades dwindled, the Mongols swept down from the steppes and did enormously more damage than the Europeans ever did, but, since the Mongols are no longer players on the world scene, the Catholics(Europeans) get the blame for all things anti-Muslim. WW1 ended the Islamic expansion towards world hegemony, but some haven't gotten the message. Petro-dollars finance the current Islamic fanatics, but, other than terrorism, there's no stomach anymore in Islam to be a dominant force. So Bush may have a point, but a weak one. Once we get jeans and jazz into the Islamic hinterland (which is happening as we speak) the world of Islam will become just another force for consumerism. Whether that's good or bad, the future will tell.

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