WHOSE SIDE WERE YOU ON IN THE WAR, DADDY?:

Bush hits 'Islamic radicals' (Bill Sammon, October 7, 2005, THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

President Bush yesterday gave his most detailed and defiant rationale for the war against terrorism, branding the enemy "Islamic radicals" for the first time and excoriating Syria and Iran.

The president also revealed that plans for numerous terrorist attacks have been foiled, although he declined to give specifics. [...]

Mr. Bush felt it was time to reassert himself as the war's chief prosecutor and, for the first time, began to regularly substitute the term "Islamic radicalism" for terrorism. He also unleashed a scathing attack on Iran and Syria for their ongoing support of terrorism.

The president said Damascus and Tehran "share the goal of hurting America and moderate Muslim governments and use terrorist propaganda to blame their own failures on the West and America, and on the Jews."

He added, "State sponsors like Syria and Iran have a long history of collaboration with terrorists, and they deserve no patience from the victims of terror."

The president's speech was immediately denounced by Democrats.

You'd think they might have joined in denouncing Iran, Syria and al Qaeda instead.

Posted by Orrin Judd at October 7, 2005 8:38 AM