Never thought I would say this about George W. Bush....

[MadCrow]

Chris Hayes on MSNBC ran a clip of President Bush speaking six days after 9/11. He made a statement after meeting with Muslim community leaders in which he said that the attack on America had been done by a small group of extremists and that we needed to support and respect the religion of Islam. I was impressed by his sincerity and eloquence.

[patsimp]

1. Saudi Arabia is about to execute a poet based on sharia law because someone heard him

say something and his poems.

respect away.

[treestar]

7. Saudi Arabia, and the Taliban

are horrible. But dictatorships exist in all types of societies.

[underpants]

2. They were busy bashing France (to keep them out of the Iraq cut)

and bashing anyone as un-Murkan who questioned them

[corkhead]

3. Dubya loves him some Muslims

[leveymg]

4. Only the really rich ones.

High dollar hooker with bad or no taste for his clients.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. Not that I disagree with the sentiment but the BFEE is so tight with the Saudis, what else is he...

...going to say?

[AZ Progressive]

6. This shows just how far to the right America has gone

when even Bush looks like a reasonable moderate. Same with Reagan when it came to things other than business and tax cuts.

[Octafish]

8. I wonder if Smirko McCokespoon was thinking of a check to his Swiss bank account?

Perhaps he was thinking of how to fly the bin Ladens to freedom or how to get out of town before the rubes catch on?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025549655

[yardwork]

9. He said that to protect the Saudis.

[SalviaBlue]

10. Sad for you.

[KG]

11. there is nothing sincere about gw bush. or anybody else in his crime family.

[smirkymonkey]

12. He's still wrong. We do not need to support OR respect the religion

of islam. That is total bs. We don't have to support or respect any religion.

[Democat]

13. When Bush looks good, you know America has gone crazy

Will we someday be looking back fondly on the Trump presidency?

[HuckleB]

14. People were begging him to make that statement right away.

Quite frankly, he took way to long to make that statement. Still, it is amazing to note how drastically different GOP candidates are today.

[deutsey]

15. That may have been damage control

for when he called the war on terrorism a "crusade", which is tantamount to whacking a hornets' nest with a baseball bat in terms of the Islamic world.

This clip is apparently from six days after the attacks.

[MADem]

16. That is EXACTLY what it was--nothing to be be proud of, those comments.

That was like throwing a gasoline soaked rag on the problem, followed by a match. He had to put out the fire that he started.

Those guys were SO tone-deaf around Islam. He didn't even know there were "two kinds." No one, apparently, educated him about the profound differences between shi'a and sunni, and how Saddam Hussein was like the frigging Tito of Yugoslavia of the Middle East when it came to keeping the lid on that boiling pot.

And remember when "Wolfie" went to that masjid in Turkey? He KNOWS he's going, and the bum couldn't even send a servant down to the bazaar to buy himself a new pair o'socks? Surprised he didn't try to steal someone's shoes (it happens, occasionally)!

Talk about no class: