[Cacophonous]

Because it's wrong. People don't hate abstractions, which is what freedom is, especially to those that have never had it. Odds are, they want to be free themselves. They undoubtedly hate us, and I cannot tell you why, but it's not because we are free.

Now, it's possible, as another poster has suggested, that I was being overly critical.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

The radical Muslims hate our freedom, and want America to bow down and serve Allah. They do not believe that a man can live a full life, without their God. They believe that only by following their God, will anyone receive the riches in their heaven. They believe in killing all infidels. They believe that America is the Great Satan.

I believe this is the people that President Bush is speaking about. September 11th showed America that some in this world wish to bring us to our knees. The conservative estimate of the casualties sought on September 11th, was 50,000 people, not the three thousand that died. This is the evil that the President is fighting against.

[okie01]

"They undoubtedly hate us, and I cannot tell you why, but it's not because we are free."

But, at bottom, it is.

Some hate us because we are successful. But why are we successful?

Some hate us because we practice freedom of religion. And there's that "freedom" word again.

Because the formulation is obvious, I suppose one might think the statement is stupid. But, for many, unfortunately, it's not that obvious.

Bush, I believe, made the obvious clear. There's an element of profundity in that...