Remembering the day war got easier...

Did anyone listen to my favorite president's address to the nation last night? I must admit, my attention wavered after a few minutes but I started out really listening. What I got out of it, is a new definition of terrorist. This is funny because I just had a convo about the definition of terrorism and how it's been changed since 9/11 over the weekend.

Bush said:
Since the horror of 9/11, we've learned a great deal about the enemy. We have learned that they are evil and kill without mercy -- but not without purpose. We have learned that they form a global network of extremists who are driven by a perverted vision of Islam -- a totalitarian ideology that hates freedom, rejects tolerance, and despises all dissent. And we have learned that their goal is to build a radical Islamic empire where women are prisoners in their homes, men are beaten for missing prayer meetings, and terrorists have a safe haven to plan and launch attacks on America and other civilized nations. The war against this enemy is more than a military conflict. It is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century, and the calling of our generation.

So if you blow shit up with high-tech bombs, but you don't believe in Islam, you're not a terrorist. The speech left no room for terrorist to not be Muslim or to be from any where other than the Middle East. When he talked about the brave souls on Flight 93 he mentioned that they recited the 23 psalms before they stormed the cockpit. That's fine, but I think he's saying it at that moment to point at that this is a war of Christians against evil extremist Muslims. The more you believe in Christianity, the stronger you are. And by the way, in case you missed it Bush wants to the war to be over too.

America did not ask for this war, and every American wishes it were over. So do I. But the war is not over -- and it will not be over until either we or the extremists emerge victorious. If we do not defeat these enemies now, we will leave our children to face a Middle East overrun by terrorist states and radical dictators armed with nuclear weapons. -Dubya

So, stop your whining. Try picking up a weapon and chasing down an extremist. I think this means that America has to kill all extremists and then teach their children to love McDonalds, MTV and low-rise jeans before the war is over. I wonder if this can be resolved before the 08 elections??

The best part of this speech that should have been about remembering 9-11 victims, is that now every Democratic candidate who had the balls to oppose the war, needs to either get down with the war on terror -which includes the war in Iraq- or admit they're willing to leave our children in a world ran by mean radical dictators with nuclear weapons. ... Um, so we took Saddam out of power, who's left? We've ignored N. Korea repeatedly.. Well, we're considering slapping sanctions on N. Korea as of TODAY. They've already started testing weapons! So, any radical dictator outside of the Middle East can have weapons of mass destruction and we can be safe without going to war with them? Interesting.