When the President blew it!
George W. Bush's biggest blunder was that he didn't define the enemy clearly the day after 9/11, the day he addressed the nation, and the world, on TV. He had his chance, then, to define the real enemy; and had he done so, he would have carried the whole civilized world with him, since it was plain to see who the real enemy was. This was a colossal strategic blunder!
Instead of that, he appeared on television, from the Oval office, with the Qur'an on his desktop, along with the Bible and Torah, giving the Qur'an equal place - and therefore equal importance - with the other two important holy books! Really! As if the Qur'an had contributed anything meaningful to the development of the States, or the West!
He had his chance; but he blew it! Ever since, we have been fighting the war on the defensive! No war was ever won on the defensive!
©Mark Alexander
1 comment:
I put up a posting just now which addresses the issue slightly differently. Stop by if you have the time.
BTW, you are absolutely correct that we're going about this "war" in the wrong way. No Qur'an in my house. That book has brought nothing but misery!
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