Bush drops reference to 'Islamic fascists'

[deminks]

but only after a warning from the Saudis.

http://www.kvia.com/global/story.asp?s=5280312

Responding last week to the foiling of an alleged plot to blow up flights between Britain and the United States, Bush said, "This nation is at war with Islamic fascists."

That triggered immediate objections from the Council of American-Islamic Relations, and another objection today from the government of Saudi Arabia.

Bush didn't repeat the reference to "Islamic fascists" at the State Department today, referring instead to "individuals that would like to kill innocent Americans to achieve political objectives."

[LTR]

1. Because we know who Bush's real daddy is

Saudis say 'jump', Dumbya asks 'how high'?

[globalvillage]

2. Likely only because

people made fun of the way he said fas-chists.
Or maybe not. The nukuler thing doesn't seem to bother him much.

[XOKCowboy]

3. The dipshit should look up Fascism in he dictionary

Oh yea. We're talking about Shrimpy. Forgot. :sarcasm:

[theanarch]

4. give him a few days...

...and he'll be using it again...just like "crusade" after 9/11...the brain-fried creep is an hopeless recividist.

[Sinti]

5. I am unclear, personally, on what these political objectives truly are

Perhaps they're trying to drag us into extremely expensive and ridiculously long wars throughout the ME, in an effort to bankrupt us as they did the old Soviet Union. Do they have demands, per se? Other than the get out of SA thing, which we kind of did, we're just standing outside the door in case things go badly for the House of Saud.

[...of J.Temperance]

6. An incredibly poor choice of words

Calling them "Islamic fascists" showed little tact from Junior....the term of course is very popular amongst the extreme Right-Wing.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Hmmm. "Individuals that would like to kill innocent Americans...

...to achieve political objectives"

I found some!



http://www.theage.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1054406072525_2003/06/01/02n_eric_rudolph,0.jpg


...

And, wait a minute. Couldn't a pre-emptive invasion and war based on bald-faced lies be considered a "political objective", too?

[WinkyDink]

8. I think the main one lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, myself.

[NMMNG]

9. "Islamic Fascists"

How do they differ from the Fundamentalist Christian Fascists?

[Philosoraptor]

10. Islamic scum of the Earth sounds sexier.

[Vinca]

11. He couldn't say it without sounding half in the bag. nt

[NNN0LHI]

12. Yep. It came out as Islamic Fat Shits n/t