June 22, 2006
Yawn...Another "Bush Sucks" Protest
I posted on Cindy Sheehan's presence in Austria yesterday, but wanted to say a bit more about it. Not so much about the so-called "peace mom," but about the silly student protesters who showed up at the Cindy Sheehan road show.
About 350 students gathered at the Westbahnhof train station and set off on foot to a church square not far from the former imperial Hofburg Palace, where Bush was meeting with top European Union officials. No violence was reported.
Led by U.S. "peace mom" Cindy Sheehan who lost her son in Iraq and energized the anti-war movement last summer with her monthlong protest outside Bush's Texas ranch students waved black flags, blew whistles, banged on drums and shouted, "Hey, ho, Bush has got to go!"
Others carried banners that read, "World's No. 1 Terrorist," and signs that included slogans such as "Mass murderer," "Islam is not the enemy" and "Against war and capitalism."
"Bush should at least see that this is real, that people will protest," said demonstrator Darko Martinovikc, 20. "But in the end I don't think it will help much."
Yes, Bush the mass murderer. It's funny that there weren't signs with Saddam Hussein's face on them that said "mass murderer." Or how about al Zarqawi, who must be toasting comfortably right now? Didn't he murder innocent people in the name of Islam? I'd say that makes Islam the enemy.
But I really chuckle over the comment by Darko Martinovikc. Did he think President Bush had not seen real protests before? Did he think that perhaps this time, Bush would see him and his pals and say, "You know? They're right! I'm going to resign right now." Perhaps this sort of tactic would have worked with John Kerry if he had been elected and did something unpopular with Europeans (although I doubt that would have happened in the first place...we know how much he values European opinion).
As it happens, George Bush is the president of the United States, not Austria or any other wussy European nation. A bunch of wet-behind-the-ears Austrian students aren't going to make him change his mind about what is right for the course of America or what he thinks is true aid to a country that needed it.
They should stick to important things in Austria, like taking Arnold Schwarzenegger's name off of stadiums because he also went against popular Austrian opinion.
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>Didn't he murder innocent people in the name of Islam?
>I'd say that makes Islam the enemy.
Maybe I'm splitting hairs here, but I disagree about Islam being the enemy. Islamic fascism - and fanaticism - is the enemy. Before they became a group of foaming-at-the-mouth mad dogs praying five times a day for jihad, Islam (in general) left America alone.
Good post, btw. I wonder, if Kerry had been elected President and was in this position, would he write his resignation in French?
Posted by: reverse_vampyr at June 22, 2006 10:27 AMYou are probably correct to make that distinction; Islamofascists are running away with the religion. However, I was being kind of lazy when I wrote that, and I thought it looked kind of nice to actually refute the point made. Thanks for taking me to task!
Oh, and Kerry would definitely write out his resignation in French. Then, when he was asked what he's "going to do now," he'd say, "I'm going to EuroDisneyland!"
Posted by: Pam at June 22, 2006 10:38 AMI agree "YAWN"
Posted by: Mrs Media Matters at June 22, 2006 11:20 AMI have to disagree respectfully, reverse_vampyr. I have come to the conclusion that it is indeed Islam that is the enemy - not "islamofascists" and certainly not "terrorism." Terrorism is an means to an end.
Were the Germans the enemy in WWII, or was it the Nazis? The majority of Germans were probably quite willing to leave everyone alone - but they still marched when commanded. And then they were quite enthusiastic, until the tide turned.
How about the Japanese? Was State Shintoism merely to blame?
The acceptance of a cultural or religious norms that posits itself as anthitetical to other beliefs is therefore going to come into conflict with other beliefs. And as long as it is accepted and taken as faith, there will always be someone to pick up the banner - in this case of jihad.
Islam has had a successful track record of taking on "supposedly" superior civilizations, and obliterating them. Until the West developed a technological edge, it was touch and go.
"'Whatever happens we have got
The Maxim Gun, and they have not."
Hilaire Belloc, from *The Modern Traveller*
Yeah, I agree with husband-dude...Can't just say everyone in one ethnic or religious group are insane, blood-thirsty,killers.
Posted by: DaWabbit at June 28, 2006 05:32 PM
