Bush seems to think that ObL and his ilk "exploit the religion
of Islam to serve a violent political vision" to establish a
thing he can describe but not name - a Caliphate. They are not
"exploiting Islam", they are simply doing the things which
Islam requires of them to reestablish the Caliphate under
Sharia Law.

Bush's statements about "Islamic radicalism" being doomed to fail
are, IMO, correct - not "because free peoples believe in the future,
free peoples will own the future", as Bush says, but due to direct
intervention of God in gathering (largely Islamic) nations against
Israel to destroy them as an example (Ezekiel 38). The goal which
the West is heading fast is not freedom, but enslavement under the
"Noahide Laws" - analogous to Sharia Law, but being introduced by
stealth rather than force.

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Islamic Radicalism 'Doomed To Fail,' Bush Says
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2005 - Evoking President Ronald Reagan's
leadership of America's resolve in confronting communism during his
two terms in office, President Bush said today that Islamic radicalism
is doomed to fail as communism did.

Bush spoke at the Ronald Reagan Library, in Simi Valley, Calif., 
for the dedication of the new Air Force One Pavilion at the museum,
featuring the 707 jet used by Reagan during his presidency.

America prevailed in the 20th-century contest of wills between
American freedom and Soviet totalitarianism, Bush noted. In the 21st
century, "our freedom is once again being tested by determined
enemies," he added. Terrorists like those who attacked America on
Sept. 11, 2001, "are followers of a radical and violent ideology,"
Bush said.

Terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden and others of his ilk "exploit
the religion of Islam to serve a violent political vision -- the
establishment of a totalitarian empire that denies all political 
and religious freedom," Bush said.

Islamic extremists distort the concept of jihad, or holy war, to
command their followers to murder anyone not in agreement with their
principles, including other Muslims, the president said. Like old-
style Soviets imbued with the ideology of communism, today's terrorist
leaders "presume to speak" for the masses, he added.

The terrorists abhor democracy and embrace totalitarianism's
traditional control over people's religious and political beliefs 
as well as social conduct, Bush said, adding that extremists also 
believe that "men and women who live in liberty are weak and decadent."

And, like communistic ideology, Islamic radicalism "is doomed to
fail," Bush said.

The extremists will fail, Bush said, because their vision "undermines
the freedom and creativity that make human progress possible and human
society successful."

With beliefs anchored onto archaic, medieval concepts, Bush said, "the
only thing modern about our enemies' vision is the weapons they want
to use against us."

Bush noted that other political movements that rejected human liberty
"condemned themselves to isolation, decline and collapse."

"Because free peoples believe in the future, free peoples will own the
future," Bush said.

America and its allies are confronting Islamic radicals "with
confidence and a comprehensive strategy," Bush said, while striving to
preempt possible new terror attacks. The United States also is working
to stop terrorists and the world's outlaw regimes from obtaining
weapons of mass destruction, he said.

Efforts also are ongoing to prevent terrorists from using other
nations' territory for training, Bush said, or as a base to launch
attacks.

The United States and its coalition partners are striving to replace
hatred and resentment in the Middle East with "democracy and hope and
freedom," Bush said.

"We will prevail in the war on terror," he said, because today's
generation of Americans "is determined to meet the threats of our
time."

There will be tough moments as the war on global terrorism continues,
Bush cautioned. But the president said he's confident of victory,
because "we have seen America face down brutal enemies before."

"The power of freedom," Bush said, will triumph over "the dark
ideologies of tyranny and terror."

Victory over terrorism is assured because Americans believe, as
President Reagan did, "that freedom is one of the deepest and 
noblest aspirations of the human spirit," Bush said. 

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Source: "DefenseLINK News"
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2005/20051021_3127.html


Cheers, Steve..

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