Having criticized President Bush for failing to crush the enemy, we are still impressed with the quality of his speeches. He fails to connect the dots all the way to Saudi Arabia, but he is at least taking the fight to Al Qaeda instead of waiting for them to attack.
“Al Qaeda in Iraq is a group founded by foreign terrorists, led largely by foreign terrorists, and loyal to a foreign terrorist leader, Osama bin Laden,” the president said in a speech at an Air Force base in Charleston, S.C.
“They know they’re al Qaeda. The Iraqi people know they are al Qaeda. People across the Muslim world know they are al Qaeda. And there’s a good reason they are called al Qaeda in Iraq. They are al Qaeda. In. Iraq,” he said, making dramatic pauses for emphasis.
Just a day after Democrats held a presidential debate in Charleston in which every candidate rejected the Bush administration’s justification for remaining in Iraq, Mr. Bush laid out his case that the war is the central front in the global battle against Islamic extremism.
Meantime the Demoncats debate a snowman on YouTube and challenge each other to see who can cede more territory faster to the enemy.
Not only did the Dems talk up Al Qaeda, they talked down the stock markets. Their big government schemes would have spooked Lenin into liquidating his portfolio. Raise minimum wage, health care for everyone, compensation for slavery, etc. Next day the Dow Jones lost more than 200 points and the NASDAQ dropped 55.
There were some important questions not settled in the debate. Is Bark Hussein black enough (or is he too Islamic)? Is the Breck Girl (John Edwards) more of a woman than Hillary?
