Video: Norman Podhoretz on the Bush Legacy

3:45 pm on January 17, 2008 by Infidelesto

Norman Podhoretz, author of many books including his latest, World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism, speaks with the managing editor of National Revie, Jay Nordlinger on January 10th, 2008.

This clip is short and to the point with regards to the war on Islamofascism and the Bush legacy. via Atlas

Although I agree with Podhoretz that Bush will eventually be seen as the man who led the country on the path to defending America against terrorists, I tend to disagree with his understanding of the threat and his overall handling of the war on terror during his Presidency.

George W. Bush did not have a choice but to defend America after 9/11. He had to do it. The sad reality is that he could not recognize the true Islamic threat to the West. He saw the 19 hijackers as thuggish criminals who radicalized the great “religion of peace”. He saw Saddam Hussein as another threat to world peace (he was rightly correct), as well as the Taliban in Afghanistan who were harboring Al Qaeda terrorists and training them. He dealt with them accordingly but then the pressure of politics stifled him in his efforts. We have since done nothing to find Bin Laden.

We’ve done nothing in pressuring Pakistan to give him up, or to let us go in after him. We’ve done nothing to combat the Islamization of Europe, and we’ve done nothing to stop Islamic immigrants from pouring into this country by staggering numbers.

So much for “your with us, or against us”.

Where Bush went wrong is when he made this a war against “thugs” who used Islam as a cover. What he failed to realize is that these “thugs” actually do believe what they say. They believe in every piece of fundamental Islam that there is. They believe in following Mohammed literally and literally following the Koran and Hadiths.

What can be said about thousands dying all around the world in the name of Islam every year? It’s not “thugs” Mr. President. It’s evil, fundamental Islam that is being practiced all over the world today. In America it’s being fought through the courts and through our legal system. (CAIR, ACLU, DOJ)

Bush has never recognized the Islamization of Europe. Nor has he recognized the fundamental Islamic threat that we are facing today and that our children will face in generations to come if nothing is done about it.

George Bush set us on a path to defend America, not to fight Islamic extremism.

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