Althouse: "The sad thing is a third of our nation has no clue what we're talking about."

September 10, 2026

"The sad thing is a third of our nation has no clue what we're talking about."

"They haven't — they never witnessed the sacrifice and the courage and the dedication to serve a neighbor in need."

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94 comments:

BUMBLE BEE said...: Having watched the doomed citizens leaping to their choice, I've zero patience for muslims and their pals.; 9/10/26, 7:50 AM
Aggie said...: Interesting that he didn't elaborate on the demographic of that 'third'. Is it people born after 9/11? Seems unlikely. Do we add illegal immigrants to that cohort? Still comes up short. Who else has 'no clue'?

Once again we're exhorted to accept Islam as the Religion of Peace. That instruction is pretty much washed out of me, now, having seen so many irrefutable examples to the contrary, over and over again. I"ll start believing it when I see the so-called invisible Moderates start policing their ranks and enforcing that whole 'peace' thing. Having seen it in action in their many host countries, my experiences tell me it's a religion of conquest. Or, fairly often, the Religion of Pieces.

I'm glad GWB has mostly stayed out of the limelight and minded his own business, privately.; 9/10/26, 7:52 AM
Michael said...: We destroyed the bonds of the nuclear family. We destroyed the social fabric of neighborhoods. We destroyed the communal spirit of church.

GWB is right.A growing percentage of Americans have never seen, first hand, the qualities of loyalty, service and sacrifice.

We are poorer for it.; 9/10/26, 7:57 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: She has it summed up...
https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2026/09/09/michigan-democrat-warns-against-abdul-el-sayed-socialist-politicians-are-more-racist-than-kkk/; 9/10/26, 8:00 AM
Breezy said...: The moderate Muslims are fearful of the radical ones, too. Anyone who says something short of praising Allah wrt Islam is subject to being killed. Plus, they are all allowed to lie to further the goal of conquest. Even if the moderates chastised Islam in some way, it is likely a ruse.

So, none can be trusted, imho, and all must go back to where their culture lives. It’s not here. The sooner the better.; 9/10/26, 8:00 AM
tim maguire said...: Whether Islam is a religion of peace is an internal matter for Muslims to work out for themselves. If there are large groups of Muslims engaging in extreme violence and using Islam as their justification, we non-Muslims have no need to ponder such doctrinal questions.

But we do need to react rationally to what is happening in the real world.; 9/10/26, 8:04 AM
tim maguire said...: "It's not who you are underneath, but what you do that defines you,"; 9/10/26, 8:05 AM
Iman said...: It’s all taqiyya. Up one side and down the other.; 9/10/26, 8:07 AM
peacelovewoodstock said...: Six days after 9/11, GWB visited an Islamic center in DC and pronounced "The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace." Today we would call that "suicidal empathy" (h/t to Gad Saad).; 9/10/26, 8:12 AM
rehajm said...: …there’s passages in their book that contradict what Bush believes. Now maybe there is/was/were those who chose to follow other, contradictory teachings in their book…we can argue numbers but I don’t expect there’s robust data for either side to win the argument…and like many disasters some Pareto Principle ratio is in play…; 9/10/26, 8:12 AM
Kai Akker said...: Precious stuff. It's a bit saddening to see W older and less clearly assertive in some of his statements. He is frozen in time for me. Though it was an awful time, and he was fairly easy to satirize, he helped lead us. His reply to Condoleeza was touching in that he had no emotional gushing to offer and felt his answer might seem inadequate. Instead, it was eloquent, fantastically eloquent.

I don't know where that "one-third" comes from. The youngest cohort, born after 9/11? Or immigrants? Or both, I guess Is it really one-third, after rounding?; 9/10/26, 8:12 AM
Peachy+2 said...: well. - the Islamic religious documents say otherwise.
It is a religion of conquer and death. It's really not a religion, either. It's a cult of death - if you go by the written word of Big Mo.
Big Mo was also a pedophile.; 9/10/26, 8:17 AM
Peachy+2 said...: We will allow ourselves to become slaves - by being polite to Islamic-fascists.; 9/10/26, 8:18 AM
Smilin' Jack said...: I lost interest when he declared himself an imam and started lecturing us on the nature of Islam.; 9/10/26, 8:19 AM
D.D. Driver said...: the Islamic religious documents say otherwise

Islam and Judaism are both death cults. Have you read Exodus? You know the part where "God" murders non-Jewish babies to make a political point? Jewish families get together and sing songs and break bread to celebrate God murdering innocent babies every Passover. The most sacred of all Jewish holidays. That is the fucking sickest, most God-damned depraved religious custom I have ever heard of.

Jews and Muslims have much more in common with each other than they have with Christians.; 9/10/26, 8:25 AM
Dave Begley said...: Why in the world does GWB repeat the demonstrably false claim that Islam is "the religion of peace?"

There's a website by the name religion of peace. It publishes every day the latest violent attacks and murders by Islam.; 9/10/26, 8:27 AM
Dave Begley said...: August, 2026
Attacks
103
Killed
522
Injured
457
Countries
33

Above from the Religion of Peace website. That's just one month.; 9/10/26, 8:29 AM
Jaq said...: It wasn’t so much that the terrorists had subverted their religion, as that our own intelligence agencies probably did.

Here is Jimmy Carter’s national security advisor sending the mujahadeen into Afghanistan in 1979 armed by us, trained by us, and funded by us. Brzezinski admits that the point was to provoke a Soviet invasion in an interview with the Nouvelle Observateur.

“What’s a few excited jihadis?” he said in 1999.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A9RCFZnWGE0; 9/10/26, 8:32 AM
Kai Akker said...: Actually, DD, all Christians are Jews. Following the greatest Jew of all. First the Jews, then the Gentiles. The messiah freed them all. You have to want to be with him, which sounds simple but is the hardest part.; 9/10/26, 8:33 AM
ChrisC said...: I like GWB, I really do. I voted for him twice. But, "Islam is a religion of peace" is the dumbest political utterance in the history of the world. These folks have been around for 1400 years, we have data.; 9/10/26, 8:35 AM
ChrisC said...: If radical Christians had a world wide campaign of murder and terror, shouting "Jesus is King" right before slicing someone's head off in the middle of the street. Every other Christian on the planet from the Pope on down would have to fall all over themselves every day to denounce it.; 9/10/26, 8:38 AM
ChrisC said...: Not only are the "religion of peace" adherents not denouncing it, they are dancing in the streets to celebrate babies being disembowled by their co-religionists.; 9/10/26, 8:40 AM
ChrisC said...: Sorry for the run on comments, but there is nothing AA could post that would piss me off more than GWB reiterating the "religion of peace" bullshit on the 25th anniversary of 9/11.; 9/10/26, 8:44 AM
Aggie said...: Looking at a population distribution by age, looks like the 1/3 is the 0 - 24 years of age cohort.; 9/10/26, 8:47 AM
Jaq said...: BTW, that rousing speech by “Speg” was given in Pakistan, just over the border from Tora Bora, where we had bin Ladin dead to rights early in the war when W ordered a temporary halt in the bombing, and Osama then escaped to Pakistan.

We needed bin Ladin alive or people would have said “Great! The war is over!” But then how would we keep fighting for 20 years?; 9/10/26, 8:51 AM
Howard said...: Payback is a Motherfucker

An estimated 4.5 million to 4.7 million people have died due to the post-9/11 wars.

The vast majority of the 3.6 million to 3.8 million indirect deaths are attributed to the reverberating ripple effects of continuous conflict. Specific causes include the spread of preventable diseases, acute malnutrition (especially among young children), infant mortality, and the total collapse of local economic systems, public infrastructure, and healthcare networks.

Direct Combat Deaths (approx. 18% to 22% of the total):Roughly 900,000 to 940,000 people were killed directly by active war violence, including airstrikes, small arms fire, bombings, and military engagements.This direct total encompasses civilians, national militaries, opposition fighters, journalists, and humanitarian workers across major zones like Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan. [1; 9/10/26, 8:52 AM
RCOCEAN II said...: Geoge Bush same ol tired fraud. I can remember in 2021 when he said the J6 protestors and the 911 terrorists were the same foul bunch. He always seems so bored and disinterested in talking about "Lets roll" and all the heroism of the first-responders. And talks about the American people like some group of space aliens he's just met.

And I was annoyed in 2021 at the emphasis on "reassuring our Muslim Americans", but after seeing all the wacko "Islam is our enemy" hate still being pushed 25 years later, I suppose it was neccessary. Otherwise you wouldve had 'muricans out there shooting in 2021 "them thar moos-lims".; 9/10/26, 8:52 AM
RCOCEAN II said...: 911 tragedy, but Bush used that tragedy to launch an unneccessary and bloody war against Iraq - and got us in forever war in Afghanistan. How many hundred of thousands of Iraqis and thousands of Americans are dead or maimed for life because of Bozzo Bush. Another of our killer-clowns that we always seem to elect.; 9/10/26, 8:55 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: It may not be the exact number but it is true that it’s sad.; 9/10/26, 8:56 AM
Howard said...: About 15 years ago , I saw Condoleezza Rice at Sundance The Steakhouse on the El Camino across from Stanford. I was shocked. She's only about 5'2".; 9/10/26, 8:58 AM
Howard said...: At an expenditure of $10 trillion, It only cost us a little over $2 million per death. There's nothing quite like the efficiency of the military industrial complex.; 9/10/26, 9:02 AM
D.D. Driver said...: Actually, DD, all Christians are Jews.

This is a deeply dangerous canard. Does this sound like "Christian values" to you:

"But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who were returning from the battle....Have you spared all the women?” he asked them. So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man, but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man." Numbers 31:15

If the topic is "foundational texts," I have read nothing crueler, more sick and depraved than the Torah. Most of the book is about how God loves animal sacrifice.

For the record, I no problem Jews and western Muslims but Peachy is correct when he says their foundational texts are evil.; 9/10/26, 9:04 AM
hawkeyedjb said...: Why go to college, I can come here to learn how to hate America.; 9/10/26, 9:06 AM
Humperdink said...: I voted for GWB twice. What a huge disappointment he has become. He’s a lot like Jimmah Carter in retirement, The older he gets, the softer his brain becomes. There is zero evidence, none, that Islam is a religion of peace. In fact the opposite is true. Just listen to Hasan the Pike. Or Ilhan Omar … “Some people did something”.; 9/10/26, 9:11 AM
Jaq said...: BTW, it's well known that Netanyahu funded Hamas, because they were the Palistinian organization that opposed a dual state solution, which was poison to Bibi because it would have involved drawing formal borders for Israel, which they D.o. Not. Want.

Well now it turns out the the Emirates, who are tight with Israel, warned Bibi about Oct 7th, ad he kept it under his hat.

It turns out that these terror attacks work great to keep the hatred of Muslims seething, so that the wars for territory where you can find oil, like Iran, or reliable, non desalinated water and unexploited natural gas fields, Lebanon, Gaza has gas too.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-netanyahu-hamas-war-gaza-warning-935c2cd82d3204d6dc859d296fc866e3

"UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed spoke with Netanyahu 10 days before the attack and said Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza at the time, was planning an operation, *the Haaretz daily* said."; 9/10/26, 9:11 AM
William said...: Please explain to me how Islam can be "a religion of peace" when one of its basic tenants is to kill all of the infidels.

Part of Islam's philosophy is to say whatever the infidels want to hear and to do whatever the infidels want you to do, all the while plotting and scheming on how to get the best of them.

To think anything else is dangerously naïve.; 9/10/26, 9:11 AM
Patrick said...: I think he said. "they never witnessed *this* sacrifice," meaning the responders after 911. That changes the meaning to the now specific instance of 911 heroism that young people did not witness. They likely have had the opportunity to witness other acts of heroism.; 9/10/26, 9:15 AM
Jaq said...: It's like when Hemingway said in his memoirs that on his way back home from Shanghai, he flew over Pearl Harbor, and called a friend in the Pentagon to tell him that they were inviting an attack with all of those ships in one place, except the carriers, and he was ignored.; 9/10/26, 9:17 AM
Lawnerd said...: I refuse to characterize every muslim as a terrorist. Anyone who does so is a flaming idiot asshole to the highest degree in my book. I see a shit ton of assholes in this comment section. No surprise.; 9/10/26, 9:20 AM
mezzrow said...: The garden of Althouse comments is subject to many strains of fruits, nuts, and berries and no shortage of available fertilizer. The degree to which this is organic is something that will vary according to its source, but I am highly skeptical that today's harvest is entirely free of GMOs, if you get my drift.; 9/10/26, 9:22 AM
Smilin' Jack said...: “Islam and Judaism are both death cults. Have you read Exodus? You know the part where "God" murders non-Jewish babies to make a political point? Jewish families get together and sing songs and break bread to celebrate God murdering innocent babies every Passover…Jews and Muslims have much more in common with each other than they have with Christians.”

All three are Abrahamic religions, and derive from Abraham’s noble willingness to murder his own son at God’s command.; 9/10/26, 9:24 AM
RCOCEAN II said...: BTW, you'll notice that Libtards will criticize Bush over Iraq. Remember how they cried tears over the dead Soldiers - until Obama got elected?

Now, they're saying zero about Israel's genocide in Gaza. They will talk about "evil putin" or the dead arabs who died in bush's war. But Israel? Nothing.

Looking at the body count of dead kids and school girls of the last 5 years in Gaza, the west bank, lebanon, and Syria - its clear what religion is NOT 'the religion of peace'. But then Judaism never claimed otherwise.; 9/10/26, 9:26 AM
Lawnerd said...: For the historically ignorant, in the late 1940s there was widespread terrorism waged by zionist jews. According to some smooth brained commenters on this site that should make all jews terrorists. But that is not the case. Just as not all muslims are terrorists. Terrorism is the political tool of the desperate not simply a particular group or religon.; 9/10/26, 9:27 AM
RCOCEAN II said...: How lets talk about the bible. Anything to keep from criticizing Israel and what they're doing in 2026. LOL.; 9/10/26, 9:27 AM
Rustygrommet said...: Howard said...
At an expenditure of $10 trillion, It only cost us a little over $2 million per death. There's nothing quite like the efficiency of the military industrial complex.

Now do "The War on Poverty" . The political entitlement industrial complex put the military to shame.; 9/10/26, 9:32 AM
Rustygrommet said...: Yeah, DD. Hence Christ and the new revelation. But I understand why you are afraid. Hell. Those Baptists are just like the Jihadis.; 9/10/26, 9:34 AM
Smilin' Jack said...: “Just as not all muslims are terrorists.”

I don’t think Muslims want to terrorize Jews. They just want to straight-up kill them.; 9/10/26, 9:35 AM
Bob Boyd said...: Bush talked about how impressed he was by the rush of Americans to serve. He was the one who ultimately decided what to do with that, how to use it.
He talked about what he thought at the time. Has he ever answered questions like what does he think about it now? How did he do? What, if anything, should he have done differently?
He said a third of the country hadn't seen that kind of sacrifice, etc. If he's talking about the younger generations, I think he's mistaken to believe they are oblivious. We just got out of Afghanistan a couple years ago. I think the younger generations are very aware of the service and sacrifice of the GWOT, but they also have strong opinions about what was done with that service and sacrifice. I think many feel, rightly or wrongly, that it was squandered and taken advantage of. That's what they are taught. That's the narrative.
And there's some truth to it, no doubt. Of course it's not that simple. It's not a binary.
Does Bush think about that? Has he been asked about it? I'd like to hear what he has to say for himself, looking back.; 9/10/26, 9:38 AM
Peachy+2 said...: Jaq/Tuq'r.
Lies. all lies.; 9/10/26, 9:38 AM
Lawnerd said...: Oh, so now all muslims want to kill all jews. Moron.; 9/10/26, 9:40 AM
rcommal said...: This brought to my mind this 2015 Althouse post about George W. Bush.

"At 0:23, I was all [start virtual italics]my man[end virtual italics]."; 9/10/26, 9:41 AM
Lazarus said...: Bush avoiding a war to the death between civilizations was one of his better points. Plenty of online commenters were saying after 911 that we should nuke Mecca -- some commenters on other sites are saying now that we should have -- and his not caving into such madness was a good thing.; 9/10/26, 9:44 AM
Iman said...: Johnny “One Note” Ocean…; 9/10/26, 9:48 AM
Peachy+2 said...: There is only ONE "Religion" performing mass-Genocide in the modern era. Islam.

While leftists and a-hole Tur'r-istas lie - they ignore actual genocide going on RIGHT NOW in The Sudan.; 9/10/26, 9:57 AM
Spiros Pappas said...: It's hard to beat Andrew Johnson for the worst president of all time, but W is in the running...; 9/10/26, 10:01 AM
Smilin' Jack said...: “Plenty of online commenters were saying after 911 that we should nuke Mecca”

I said that, but Ann censored it. You have to admit, though, that we haven’t had any problems at Pearl Harbor since Hiroshima.; 9/10/26, 10:04 AM
boatbuilder said...: I agree with Humperdink. What a disappointment.

Has he publicly said anything--anything at all--since the end of his presidency that would even slightly offend the mandarins at the NYT and WaPo?; 9/10/26, 10:55 AM
Hombre said...: As it turns out George Bush was at best a tossup between good and bad as President. A significant edge goes to bad for lying about Islam. It is not a religion of peace. It is a cult of terror and rape committed to killing or enslaving nonbelievers.; 9/10/26, 11:04 AM
Hombre said...: RCOII claims Israel is committing genocide in Gaza because HAMASTV and his fellow antisemites say so. Never mind the lack of evidence or evidence to the contrary. Hating Jews, like TDS, rots the mind.; 9/10/26, 11:15 AM
Fred Drinkwater said...: I don't care what you *are*, or say you are. I care what you *do*.; 9/10/26, 11:17 AM
Hombre said...: Re my “rots the mind” comment at 11:15: See RCOII at 9:26 and 9:27. “Libtards?” “The Bible?”; 9/10/26, 11:22 AM
ChrisC said...: It's hard to beat Andrew Johnson for the worst president of all time, but W is in the running...

He's not even in the top 10 worst
1. Woodrow Wilson (WW1, Sedition Act of 1918)
2. Franklin Pierce (Kansas Nebraska Act)
3. James Buchanan (Civil War)
4. Andrew Johnson (post Civil War chaos)
5. Barak Obama (Obamacare, Iran Deal, weaponization of government)
6. FDR (Internment of US Citizens, extended the Depression by 15 years); 9/10/26, 11:25 AM
RCOCEAN II said...: Andrew Johnson wasn't responsible for the the "Post CW chaos". The Radical Republican Congress was. Pierce and Buchanan were just mediocrities that went with the flow. They were trying to keep a country together that wanted to split apart and fight each other.

Neither of the three got us into a useless foreign war that killed people.; 9/10/26, 12:12 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: I cant think of an ex-POTUS I dislike more then Bush. I prefer Obama and Clinton. At least they were honest about who they were. But then everyone always respects the open enemy to the traitor.

And at least Obama didn't get us into the Iraq war. He tried to get us out.; 9/10/26, 12:18 PM
D.D. Driver said...: There is only ONE "Religion" performing mass-Genocide in the modern era. Islam.

No. There are two. Even Trump concedes as much.

Two death cults. Sick, evil, people.

Israel is not just killing Muslims, you know? Lebanon is around a 50/50 Christian/Muslim country but most of MAGA is too retarded to know that. Nuns getting assault and spit on and kicked in the ribs by our Greatest Ally. 🤮

https://apnews.com/article/israel-christians-nun-attack-jerusalem-66ca405dcaa7018e25c03b08754fa2b2

Sick, evil fucks on both sides.; 9/10/26, 12:31 PM
D.D. Driver said...: This is also a reminder that after 9/11 our *actual allies* came to our defense. 158 Canadians gave up their lives in Afghanistan for us. 457 U.K. soldiers died. 44 Danes gave up their lives. France lost 90 soldiers. Even Turkey lost 15 soldiers in response to 9/11.

Zero (0) Israeli soldiers helped us.

Now we shit on our actual friends. We are so sad and ungrateful and pathetic.; 9/10/26, 12:38 PM
Brylinski said...: Some terms for you to look up and consider: Taqiyya, Dhimmi, Jizya, Jihad, Fath, Ghazwa. And for you liberal females, please look up Taraneh Rahimi and Romina Rahimi.; 9/10/26, 1:04 PM
Brylinski said...: Also: Kitman, Tawriya, Murtadd, Ghanima, Fay, Kharaj.; 9/10/26, 1:09 PM
Ampersand said...: Another one to look up is the Koranic interpretive principle of abrogation, by which a contradiction between later and earlier verses is resolved by giving credence to the later verse. The early religion of peace verses have been abrogated by the kill your enemies verses.; 9/10/26, 1:13 PM
Brylinski said...: And for the gay readership: How many actual reported examples of Muslims throwing gays from the top of a building? (I found 9 instances in a quick search.); 9/10/26, 1:18 PM
Brylinski said...: I've always told my kids that you can never fully appreciate America until you do some international travelling.; 9/10/26, 1:19 PM
Bob Boyd said...: "Zero (0) Israeli soldiers helped us."

Not exactly. Israel didn't send combat troops as part of the Multi-national Coalition Forces into Iraq and Afghanistan, but that was a deliberate choice on our part due to regional sensitivities and potential complications with Muslim-majority partners.
Israel did support those and other operations with intelligence, tech, equipment, expertise, etc. Their own ongoing battles closer to home against Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad, were considered a part of the GWOT.

"158 Canadians gave up their lives in Afghanistan for us."

Not just for us. For Canada and for the west generally.; 9/10/26, 1:30 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Leaving bible study class behind, and getting back to the real world of 2026, Jewish athiest Sam Harris suppports the Genocide of the Gazan people. Along with killing Lebanonese, Syrians, or anyone who gets in Israel's way.

And yesterday Israeli forces carried out raids, arrests and demolitions across occupied West Bank: Israeli forces carried out raids across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, as Palestinian prisoners’ groups said more than 100 Palestinians, including children, women, former prisoners and journalists, had been detained across the territory over the past week; 9/10/26, 1:31 PM
Kai Akker said...: Jesus comes to us walking out of the pages of Isaiah. DD, the source of Christianity is only a "deeply dangerous canard" to your prejudice. Jesus and Paul, two devout Jews, created the faith that several billions have made even greater ever since. It did free us from Deuteronomic law. And added mercy and tolerance, ideally.; 9/10/26, 1:35 PM
Brylinski said...: All the churches are empty and the mosques are full.; 9/10/26, 1:55 PM
Jim at said...: *I refuse to characterize every muslim as a terrorist. Anyone who does so is a flaming idiot asshole to the highest degree in my book. I see a shit ton of assholes in this comment section. No surprise.*

Here's hoping the crocodile eats you first.; 9/10/26, 4:03 PM
D.D. Driver said...: Israel did support those and other operations with intelligence, tech, equipment, expertise, etc.

"Intelligence"? Oh fuck off! Self-serving intelligence that has fucked us over time and time again.

Israel is a friend that always has a good excuse not to be there when we need them, but they they are happy to feast out of the trough paid for by the US taxpayer. You know they are socialists with universal health care? You that they can afford because their national defense is subsidized by me and you.

With "friends" like that, who even needs Al Qaeda?

I'd rather be friends with Canada.; 9/10/26, 4:16 PM
D.D. Driver said...: @Kai Akker

1. Jesus was obviously a Jew.
2. Christianity (universal and peaceful) bears very little resemblance to Judaism (tribal and violent).

Both things can be (and are) true.; 9/10/26, 4:24 PM
D.D. Driver said...: When Moses commands his followers to slaughter orphan boys and rape their virgin sisters there is NO WAY to reconcile that with a Christian view of morality.; 9/10/26, 4:30 PM
Bob Boyd said...: "You know they are socialists with universal health care? You that they can afford because their national defense is subsidized by me and you."

Just like Canada and Great Britain and Germany and France and Scandinavia and Australia and Spain and Italy and...; 9/10/26, 5:38 PM
Lazarus said...: We have save religion before it can save us. That is to say, we have to believe that there is more to faith than the shitty things done in the name of religion and God.; 9/10/26, 5:40 PM
D.D. Driver said...: Just like Canada and Great Britain and Germany and France and Scandinavia and Australia and Spain and Italy and...

Except those countries also help us in return! Those are good socialist. The Israeli's are the greedy socialists that won't help us when we need them.; 9/10/26, 5:42 PM
Keith said...: Driver - there’s so much wrong with what you said I do t know where to begin. Unfortunately I’m on a phone so response is suboptimal. Israel was explicitly told for ALL of the American Middle East conflicts not to intervene in any way because it would break up the coalition. They were not allowed to respond including when scud missiles retaining down on its civilian population center and were thought to be fitted with chemical weapons. I know people there at the time and they were terrified. They had to line their rooms with plastic and breathing was very difficult; 9/10/26, 5:46 PM
Keith said...: Regarding the war in Iraq I don’t know if everyone in s intentionally misremembering but every intelligence agency in the world - every single one - agreed saddam Hussein was far along in his nuclear program. The concern was that if 19 civilians could do this to the USA with only box cutters imagine what would be with nuclear weapons. No agency disagreed with this assessment.

The other rationale is that Islam very clearly wants to destroy the west in general and specifically USA. The thought was either they are coming here to murder American citizen in supermarkets and malls or our soldiers are going there to stop them there.

Anyone who doesn’t remember the terror after r the attacks either has Very poor memory or is intentionally misremembering; 9/10/26, 5:50 PM
Rosalyn C. said...: What is mass genocide?
In Gaza a mass genocide (according to popular opinion) is the death of 2-3% of the population over the last 3 years. The casualities include Hamas fighters, collateral victims, and those civilians who died of natural causes.

Also, the violent Bible stories are descriptions of events from about three thousand years ago. Seems strange to have to mention this fact but apparently it is a necessary reminder. Warfare was more common and more violent. People lived in fortified cities and casualties from wars were far higher than modern rates. 10-20% versus 1-3% in modern wars.

Calling Judaism a death cult because of historical events from the 2nd millennium is absurd. Also there is no requirement in Judaism to cheerfully allow yourself to be murdered, then or now.

The reason Islam is referred to as a death cult are #1, that Islam teaches this worldly life is temporary, a test, and is of lesser ultimate value than the eternal afterlife; while life is sacred. #2, Death is not to be feared, because it is a step towards God. An obedient life is necessary for Muslims (submission to Allah), but not a guarantee of Paradise. Entry depends on the mercy of Allah. There is a lot of emphasis on the afterlife for Muslims -- Paradise or burning in Hellfire. Only a martyr for Allah is guaranteed entry into eternal paradise. Children are taught in places such as Gaza that the highest aspiration they can have is to die for Allah.

Islam and Christianity each put a lot of attention on Heaven/Hell. Judaism does not either. The focus in Judaism is the here and now and asking for yearly renewal of life.; 9/10/26, 5:51 PM
Keith said...: Regarding the Torah - that’s a long discussion that’s very fruitful when discussed between honest actors but not worthwhile with someone who’s convinced Jews are evil. Makes no sense in debating with Jupiter or Rco who just hate Jews and twist everything to support that belief.; 9/10/26, 5:56 PM
Hombre said...: Brylinski: “How many actual reported examples of Muslims throwing gays from the top of a building? (I found 9 instances in a quick search.)” Any others were given cupcakes.; 9/10/26, 6:06 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: I'm glad Althouse posted the full interview. Man is Bush shallow. I mean he is 80, but he was never the sharpest tool in the box to begin with. He likes to read. He doesn't like the internet. He wants everyone to "live in freedom". And not under "Tryanny".

And 911 wasn't just an attack on our buildings - but "our values".

Okey-dokey. I'm not sure how foreign terrorists attacked "our values" or what the hell Bush did about that, but whatever. And he's stilling pushing the bilge about "Making the world safe for Democracy". And poor little girls in Afghanistan cant go to school or whatever.

I'd rather the girls in Afghanistan stay at home then be blown up by a drone or US cluster bomb. And I'm all for freedom but its not our job to kill foreigners who don't want "our freedom". Every country has to find its own way. We can help the good guys but that doesn't mean dropping bombs or cutting off food and medicine.

In any case, its their country - not ours. Free or not. And 50 years from now it'll still be there country. And it could be free or maybe not. We killed thousands to free Iraq. And there's "Sorta free". And they may not be free 2 years from now. Their country - their rules.; 9/10/26, 6:37 PM
Bob Boyd said...: You're going around in a circle., D.D.
You can say fuck you to me or you can stop and think about it.
I don't care which.; 9/10/26, 6:39 PM
Hombre said...: “There is only ONE "Religion" performing mass-Genocide in the modern era. Islam.” Driver disagrees. “The Killer Jooz” you know.
French think tank Fondapol asserts that Muslims have carried out sixty-four thousand six hundred seventy-eight terrorist attacks since 2001, with at least two hundred forty-three thousand deaths. Even GAZAFORDUMMIES put the recent wartime deaths at Israeli hands at 70,000. The population of Gaza grew by more than 80% during the 25 years ending in 2025. Some genocide! Comparing the actions of Muslims with the actions of Jews, including Israel, is moral equivalence for imbeciles.; 9/10/26, 6:39 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: One of the weirdest things about Bush is he majored in history at Yale, and supposedly had "reading contests" with Rove and was taking in a history book a week. Yet never in any of his interviews does he give examples from history. Or quote - unless its a written speech - famous historical figures.

All the history books read - assuming its true - seem to have made no lasting impression on him. Cliche - in one ear and out the other.; 9/10/26, 6:42 PM
Hombre said...: RCOII (6:37): “Their country - their rules.” (Caveat: Unless they are Jooz, of course.); 9/10/26, 6:50 PM
Rustygrommet said...: Bob Boyd said...
You're going around in a circle., D.D.
You can say fuck you to me or you can stop and think about it.
I don't care which.

Bob,Bob, Bob. Read his rant in toto. You're dealing with someone with an emotional maturity of a 12 year old.; 9/11/26, 8:50 AM
Big Mike said...: I understand that the translation of the word “Islam” is “Submission.” And most of us American males ain’t the submitting type.; 9/11/26, 11:40 AM