Daily Ramblings:
Inspiration To Murder ...05/20/2005 02:11:23 pm
During an appearance today with Danish Prime
Minister Rasmussen, the press surprisingly avoided
asking President Bush anything concerning the complex
nuances of Danish/U.S. relations (and by the way,
doesn't its possession of Greenland effectively make
the Kingdom of Denmark the largest country in Europe?
How does all that work?). He was however asked if he
was worried that the publication of illegally
released photos of an underwear-clad Saddam Hussein
would inspire more violence. His answer included
this:
You know, I
don't think a photo inspires murderers. I think
they're inspired by an ideology that is so
barbaric and backwards that it's hard for many in
the Western world to comprehend how they think.
But I would just remind people, if you want to
know how ideologically grim their vision of the
world is, just remember the Taliban. They said,
if you don't agree with our religious views
you'll be prosecuted; if you're a woman who seeks
freedom, you'll be beaten. So these people are
motivated by a vision of the world that is
backward and barbaric.
I would say that he was cognizant of the fact that
you could substitute "damage to a book" for
a "a photo" and make the same argument with
regard to the violence "inspired by" the Newsweek
smear against the U.S. military. Cognizant, but still
aware that were he to make that comparison directly,
as President of the United States, he would be
stepping onto ice of unknown thickness.
And four days after Newsweek retracted
their story, Islamic protesters in London today
displayed their good sense of both timing and taste
by showing up outside of the American Embassy and
chanting, "Bomb, bomb New York," and
"USA watch your back, Osama is coming
back," in response to the magazine's tale of
Koran desecration. LGF has the story and photos.
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