Islamic Group Angry At Bush’s Use Of “Islamic Fascists”
Sigh…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Muslim groups criticized President George W. Bush on Thursday for calling a foiled plot to blow up airplanes part of a “war with Islamic fascists,” saying the term could inflame anti-Muslim tensions.
U.S. officials have said the plot, thwarted by Britain, to blow up several aircraft over the Atlantic bore many of the hallmarks of al Qaeda.
“We believe this is an ill-advised term and we believe that it is counter-productive to associate Islam or Muslims with fascism,” said Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations advocacy group.
“We ought to take advantage of these incidents to make sure that we do not start a religious war against Islam and Muslims,” he told a news conference in Washington.
“We urge him (Bush) and we urge other public officials to restrain themselves.”
These people at CAIR are morons. Let’s take a look at the definition of fascism for a moment, shall we?
fas·cism (făsh’ĭz’əm)
n.
- A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
- A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
That seems like it fits the Islamic jihadists to a “t.”
Personally, I think it’s important that we use the correct terminology when we talk about our enemies. The Islamic jihadists are, in fact, fascists. Pretending that they’re not only hurts our efforts to fight them. It white washes their true nature and it makes the threat they pose less serious. I know it seems like a trivial thing, but when we cannot even go so far as to name the true nature of our enemy than how can we expect to defeat them?
Personally, I applaud the President’s use of this term. It isn’t one he’s used often in the past, so let’s hope it gets used more often in the future.
