Bush Logic

Bush gave a speech today in which he defended the invasion of Iraq once again claiming it is a part of the so-called war on terror. One of his main points is that Iraq is now at the center of the war because "the militants believe that controlling one country will rally the Muslim masses, enabling them to overthrow all moderate governments in the region and establish a radical Islamic empire that spans from Spain to Indonesia," Bush said. Well, besides the fact that Saudi Arabia is not moderate and is an Islamic republic and US support for the Shah was paramount in the creation of an Islamic republic in Iran, the reason why there is even a question about Islam on the rise in Iraq is because of the invasion! This is so elementary that it is barely worth noting but the Yahoo news service and the rest of the mainstream outlets don't seem to be interested in such obvious points.

Another obsurdity of Bush's speach is his counter to the claim "that the U.S. military presence in Iraq is fueling radicalism, Bush noted that American troops were not there on Sept. 11, 2001. He said Russia did not support the military action in Iraq, yet a terrorist attack in Beslan, Russia, left more than 300 schoolchildren dead in 2004." 1) the 9/11 lunatics said they did it because of the US presence in Saudi Arabia and the propping up of said corrupt regime by the United States and 2) the bombings in Russia were done in retaliation for the invasion of Chechnya.

Am I going bonkers or are these the worst non-sequitor arguments we have ever heard? Or is this all he has to to and the AM radio crowd will ditto on