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George W. Bush, September 20, 2011<\/a> explained the motivations of those who had waged jihad against the U.S.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Americans are asking “Why do they hate us?”<\/p>

They hate what they see right here in this chamber: a democratically elected government. Their leaders are self-appointed. They hate our freedoms<\/strong>: our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree<\/strong> with each other.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Depending on the state, Americans no longer have the right to assemble (see the multi-year emergency unfold in 66+ governor’s orders here in Maskachusetts<\/a>, for example). Americans who want to hold a job certainly don’t have freedom of speech and they’d better not disagree with the hashtag campaign du jour<\/em> (e.g., #StopAsianHate) nor with diversity and inclusion efforts. We are informed by our media that citizens of Georgia no longer have the freedom to vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An immigrant from Moscow, now living in New England: “I never expected to see a day when Russians would have more freedom than Americans.” (She was referring, e.g., to the freedom to leave one’s house and walk around outdoors without wearing a mask or the freedom to host a dinner party for 12 in one’s home (both illegal in Massachusetts).)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could there be an upside to this? A jihadi who hated Americans for our freedoms now has fewer reasons to hate us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A memorable moment from 2003…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: The History Channel<\/a>, which notes “the war in Iraq<\/a> continued for several years<\/em> thereafter” (and you thought that it was the British who excelled at understatement!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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