Bush Declares War on Radical Islam

Bush Declares War on Radical Islam by Daniel Pipes, New York Sun, October 11, 2005. [this version differs slightly from the NY Sun's]

A courageous speech by George W. Bush last week began a new era in what he calls the "war on terror." [. . . . ]

But the third era truly began on October 6 with Mr. Bush's speech to the National Endowment for Democracy. . . . .

[. . . . ] Most serious, though, is [Pres. Bush's] limiting the "radical Islamic empire" (or caliphate) to just the Spain-to-Indonesia region, for Islamists have a global vision that requires control over non-Muslim countries too – and specifically the United States. Their universal ambitions certainly can be stopped, but first they must be understood and resisted. Only when Americans realize that the Islamists intend to replace the U.S. Constitution with Shariah will they enter the fourth and final era of this war.

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