It Is What It Is

I used one of Davie's famous lines in this instance because it conjures up similar disgust. As I sit her stuck in LaGuardia airport, delayed because of the recent terrorist plots uncovered in London meant to blow up to ten airlines in mid flight, I read about the whole thing on an internet news report.

So I come across this line, "Bush said the plot was a "stark reminder" the United States was "at war with Islamic fascists," while tighter security at airports caused chaos as passengers were forced to throw out seemingly innocuous items like bottles of water."

As I read it I thought, "I'm glad he used the term "Islamic fascists" to describe the nature of the terrorist threat, because that is EXACTLY what we are dealing with here. These people are Islamic nuts at war with the west. End of story, and I was getting sick of everyone dancing around the obvious.

So I'm continuing the story expecting it to be more about the uncovered plot and I come across this, "U.S. Muslim groups criticized Bush for using the words "Islamic fascists." "The problem with the phrase is it attaches the religion of Islam to tyranny and fascism, rather than isolating the threat to a specific group of individuals," said Edina Lekovic, spokeswoman for the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles."

Well, Edina, I hear you, but tough toe-nails. I invite her to come up with a better term to call a group of extremists fully settled in,identified with, and fueled by their take on the Islamic religion who would gladly detonate a nucular bomb in the middle of New York if they could because Islamic + Terrorist pretty much gets the job done.