veiled4allah: a tale of two bigots veiled4allah: a tale of two bigotsPresident Bush rightly took issue yesterday with the anti-Semitic comments of Malaysia's prime minister. Mr. Bush took Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad aside during the economic summit in Bangkok "and told him that what he said was 'wrong and divisive,' " according to White House press secretary Scott McClellan. "It stands squarely against what I believe in," Mr. McClellan quoted the president as saying... ...Would that Mr. Bush's sense of outrage at religiously inflammatory remarks was so finely tuned when it comes to members of his own administration. Thus far he has found nothing to criticize in remarks disparaging of Islam by Lt. Gen. William G. "Jerry" Boykin, his deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence...I can guarantee you that the Washington Post is not the only one who noticed this.
...But from the Bush administration, there has not been a syllable of criticism. Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday that it didn't seem Gen. Boykin had violated any rules. "We're a free people," said Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. On ABC's "This Week" Sunday, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice ducked the question -- twice. The president ought to be forthright about comments that are wrong and divisive -- whether they're uttered by a foreign leader or by one of his own generals.
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Are you seriously that clueless? He said that Islam is a religion of idol-worshiping and that it is false. If you don't consider that disparaging I think you need a brain transplant. Good grief!!Subject: Re: a tale of two bigots
Excuse his comments, he's just joking, isn't he?