Oliver Darcy:
Former President George W. Bush did not mince words Wednesday when describing the recent actions of Islamic radicals as he addressed an audience at the University of Mary Hardin—Baylor.
“Evil is real,” Bush said during a question and answer session that followed prepared remarks, according to KTBC-TV.
“There is no light grey,” the former president added. “Murdering innocent people to move a political point of view has been, is and always will be evil.”
When asked about the Paris terror attacks, Bush said that the “nature of these enemies are the same of those who attacked us on our soil.”
#Mart resident asked about attacks in #France? "The nature of these enemies are the same of those who attacked us on our soil," said Bush.
— Nick Delgado (@Mr_NixNetwork) February 11, 2015
"Hate that brews elsewhere can come here and hurt us," said George W Bush @UMHB
— Nick Delgado (@Mr_NixNetwork) February 11, 2015
The 43rd president added that there are “real dangers in an isolationists tendency” and said that the U.S. should avoid withdrawing entirely from the Middle East.
As we learned with Charlie Hebdo, the pen is not always mightier than the sword.
King Putt has a pen, but he has no sword. The 12th Imam has his eyes on the prize: the Universal Caliphate, with himself at the top. So Islamic Extremism is out and conservatives (like me) are the ENEMY. I was in the Army, I know how to shoot a weapon, I read and post on enemy (conservative) blog sites, and I even believe in the original (unaltered) Constitution, the one signed in Philadelphia long ago.
So count on the Feddies to come round me up.
Evil is as evil does, I once learned. Sticks and stones will break my bones, etc. The Islamic Extremists are not extreme, it turns out. They are following the rules laid down in the Qu’ran, the Suras, and the Hadith. There is a Sharia court in Texas now. Soon there will be one in your neighborhood. Better buy your Burka now, ladies.
See, the problem with making a statement like that or clarifying a position is that then, someone will expect you to do something to address it. Bush did this, fearing another attack upon the United States so strongly.
Obama simply does not want to box himself into such a corner so as to be forced or expected to do his job. Therefore, he calls it “hype” or “random”. When an attack occurs, it can be blamed upon a video, a “random” protest gone wrong. Gosh, nobody could have seen such a thing coming.
Obama, of course, has a willing and pliant media to assist him. If something like Benghazi happens, the media can choose to not cover it at all or dutifully repeat the excuse of the day and promote it. Apparently, Bush did not have that favorable atmosphere, so he had to do his job as best he could.