Hearts, Minds and Tact Aside
Shrub, with his usual flare and pizazz, has stated that the foiled plot to use liquid explosives on planes traveling from the UK to the US was a "stark reminder" that the US was still at war (to emphasise American's military activity since 2001 just in case it had somehow evaded your attention, I suppose) with "Islamic Fascists". Ah, yes. Brilliant. The man has managed once again not only to offend, but also to display his ignorance of the English language. One cannot be both an Islamist and a fascist. Why not, you ask? Precisely because fascism is grounded in ultra-nationalism. Islamists, by definition, seek unity among adherents of Islam, regardless of what nationality those Muslims may be. Moreover, might he not have given his speech writing crew the easy task of embarking on a search for a better choice of words? Then again, these are also the people who came up with the phrase "terrorist-state"ignoring the fact that terrorist acts, by definition, can only be carried out by non-state actors. Clearly, I expect too much.
posted by vesna @ 13:42
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