RUSS FEINGOLD: DHIMMI & A WHORE OF THE NEW CALIPHATE

Bush told to drop 'Islamic fascism'

Washington: Democratic Senator Russ Feingold demanded that President George W. Bush refrain from using the phrase "Islamic fascists", saying it offends Muslims and has nothing to do with terrorists fighting the United States.

"We must avoid using misleading and offensive terms that link Islam with those who subvert this great religion or who distort its teachings to justify terrorist activities," Feingold said in a speech to the Arab American Institute.
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"Fascist ideology doesn't have anything to do with the way global terrorist networks think or operate, and it doesn't have anything to do with the overwhelming majority of Muslims around the world who practise the peaceful teachings of Islam," Feingold said.

In seeking to explain the term, the White House referred to comments made last week by homeland security adviser Fran Townsend. "What the president was trying to capture was this idea of using violence to achieve ideological ends and that's wrong," Townsend said at a news conference. "Regardless of what label you pin on it, it is this form of radical extremism that really wants to deny people freedom and impose a totalitarian vision of society on everyone, that we object to." Bush isn't the only politician to use the phrase.

Republican Senator Rick Santorum has drawn parallels between Second World War and the current war against "Islamic fascism", saying they both required fighting a common foe in multiple countries.

Feingold's comments drew applause from the Arab American Institute audience and praise from the group's president, James Zogby, who argued that the term "Islamic fascism" scares Americans and inflames passions.

"It indicates no understanding of Islam, and it actually degrades the meaning of the word fascism," Zogby said in an interview. "That's not what fascism means. Fascism means national socialism. It doesn't refer to a gang of criminal terrorists who are using a cult-like ideology to murder people."
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Ebrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a civil rights group, said he hasn't heard Bush use the term in a while, including the president's speech on Monday night.

"I think it's pretty clear now that the use of the term was counterproductive in winning the hearts and minds in the war on terror," he said.



This is exactly what you get when you have the LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD excuse islam & its adherents by saying: ISLAM IS THE RELIGION OF PEACE...ISLAM HAS BEEN HIJACKED...ISLAM HAS BEEN PERVERTED...

For 5 yrs the true nature of Islam has been obscured, it is going to be a long time before the damage done will be overcome...

Ohhh and BTW, BUSH DROPPED USING "ISLAMIC FASCISM" FOUR DAYS AFTER ACTUALLY USING IT ! ! !

Pertinent Links:

1) Bush told to drop 'Islamic fascism'

2) "ISLAMIC FASCISTS" CEASE TO EXIST ACCORDING TO GWB ! ! ! !