By Ryan Jones
Nov 01, 2005
America must remain resolute in its battle against global Islamic terrorism, or risk serious consequences, including the demise of the Jewish state, US President George W. Bush said in a speech to American troops last week.
A perceived US loss in the war on terror would provide the terrorist the means of victory over Israel and eventually the entire Judeo-Christian West, Bush insisted.
?With the greater economic, military and political power they seek, the terrorists would be able to advance their stated agenda: to develop weapons of mass destruction, to destroy Israel, to intimidate Europe, to assault the American people, and to blackmail our government into isolation.?
The president publicly recognized Israel as an ally against and fellow victim of global Islamic terror, citing Al Qaeda-backed attacks against Israelis in Sinai last year and a recent Hamas ?suicide? bombing in the coastal town of Netanya.
Leftist liberal voices in America have accused the Bush Administration of going to war against Iraq at the behest of Israel and the Jews and in order to protect Jerusalem from further aggression from Saddam Hussein.
Those same voices are insisting the president end his efforts to eradicate Islamic terrorism.