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Bush Says the Darndest Things

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As you may know, recently gathered with right-wing journalists and pundits to discuss the Iraq War. Here are some excerpts: (from E&P)

“If we leave, they will follow us here.”
“I believe when you get attacked and somebody declares war on you, you fight back. And that’s what we’re doing.”
“And I’m trying to figure out a matrix that says things are getting better. I think that one way to measure is less violence than before, I guess. We’ll have to see what happens here after Ramadan. I believe these people — oh, I was going to tell you Abizaid believes Ramadan, no question, caused them to be more violent because he says there’s some kind of reward during Ramadan for violence.”
“We will press and press and press to protect ourselves. And this stuff about how Iraq is causing the enemy — whatever excuse they need, they have made up their mind to attack, and they grab on to things to kind of justify. But if it’s not Iraq, it’s Israel. If it’s not Israel, it’s the Crusades. If it’s not the Crusades, it is the cartoon. I’m not kidding you. I’m not kidding you.”

There’s also this from White House Briefing. Bush on the upcoming elections, the war, and the struggle between good and evil:

“It’s not over. We’ve got the issues on our side. Protecting this country is the number-one issue. And you talk to — admittedly, my focus groups are not broad, but people always say to me, thank you for protecting us. I view this as a struggle of good versus evil, by the way. I don’t think religious people murder. I think people are misusing religion to justify their murder. And a lot of Americans understand it that way. Maybe it’s not nuanced enough for some of the thinkers and all that stuff — that’s fine. But that’s exactly what a lot of people like me think. And my job is to make it clear to the American people the stakes, and to spell it out as plainly as I can. And a lot of people understand it.”

You know, when he says “people are misusing religion to justify their murder,” he’s got me.

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KCinDC Says:
October 27th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
At least the Ramadan explanation for the violence is better than the earlier story that they were ramping it up as an October surprise for the US elections — better in the sense that it actually corresponds to the observed facts, that is. I have no idea whether anyone might really have been motivated toward greater violence because it was Ramadan. The point is that Ramadan this year and last was mostly during October, and October in both years saw a lot of US deaths (Oct 2005 and Oct 2006 have more deaths of any month during 2005-6 except Jan 2005), but of course Oct 2005 doesn’t fit the election explanation unless the Iraqis were really concerned about who would be governor of Virginia.

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KCinDC Says:
October 27th, 2006 at 10:52 pm

At least the Ramadan explanation for the violence is better than the earlier story that they were ramping it up as an October surprise for the US elections — better in the sense that it actually corresponds to the observed facts, that is. I have no idea whether anyone might really have been motivated toward greater violence because it was Ramadan. The point is that Ramadan this year and last was mostly during October, and October in both years saw a lot of US deaths (Oct 2005 and Oct 2006 have more deaths of any month during 2005-6 except Jan 2005), but of course Oct 2005 doesn’t fit the election explanation unless the Iraqis were really concerned about who would be governor of Virginia.

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