"What our enemies have begun, we will finish." - Baby Bush 9/11/02
I'm not sure that I know what he means by that. That sounds to me an awful lot like "an eye for an eye." Is he talking about "terra?" I do know this. It's troubling and sounds like he's got bloodthirst. Not what I wanted to hear. His entire speech sounded quite literally like a call to arms. I was hoping that he'd try to soothe people's troubled spirits. Instead he used this tragedy to further another very troubling agenda.
"Our generation has now heard history's call, and we will answer it. "
"We have no intention of ignoring or appeasing history's latest gang of fanatics trying to murder their way to power. They are discovering, as others before them, the resolve of a great country and a great democracy."
"We fight not to impose our will, but to defend ourselves and extend the blessings of freedom"
"Be confident; our country is strong. "
Geezus. He shouldn't have delivered this from Ellis Island. He should have delivered it from atop a tank.
The disturbing statement by far, though, was...
"We are joined by a great coalition of nations to rid the world of terror. And we will not allow any terrorist or tyrant to threaten civilization with weapons of mass murder. "
So I guess that a Baby Bush and Tony Blair now comprise "a great coalition of nations."
Look. I live in the NYC metropolitan area. I grieve. I hurt. I don't like that hurt being played upon.
Posted by mikewolf at September 11, 2002 10:48 PM