Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Terrorists or "bombers"?

I should note up front that I'm politically conservative, but (I believe) I'm fair and open-minded. I respect people with different opinions, as long as they are reasonable and respectful, as well. Today I had a conversation with a couple of co-workers regarding the London terror bombings. The general consensus was that we are amazed at some liberal politicians in the US and UK who are trying to figure out which point of view gives them greatest political advantage/leverage over their opponents with regard to terrorist attacks. It's incredible to me that their hatred of America, G.W. Bush, Cheney, Halliburton, etc. can so blind them to the truth that they can't even bring themselves to call bombings in London or Madrid, civilian beheadings and daily car-bomb attacks in Iraq, the murder of school children in Breslan, terrorist acts. In fact, the BBC initially called the attackers "terrorists" before scrubbing it from their Web site a day later and changing their identification to "bombers." Some liberal politicians and MSM (mainstream media) would rather blame Bushitler, or America, or Britain's involvement in Iraq for the killings rather than what is apparent to everyone with common sense--Islamofascist terrorism. It's disgraceful. Check out Hugh Hewitt's great post on this issue here http://www.hughhewitt.com/#postid1791

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