Rod Dreher writes at The American Conservative, “The president who launched the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan had some words of advice for America yesterday:

Former President George W. Bush called on Americans Saturday to confront domestic violent extremists, comparing them to violent extremists abroad and warning that they are ‘children of the same foul spirit.’

In a speech marking the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Bush said the US has seen ‘growing evidence that the dangers to our country can come not only across borders, but from violence that gathers within.’

‘There is little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home,’ Bush said. ‘But in their disdain for pluralism, in their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols, they are children of the same foul spirit.’

‘And it is our continuing duty to confront them,’ he added.

Bush’s speech at the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, came eight months after violent insurrectionists breached the US Capitol on January 6 in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 election for President Joe Biden.

President Bush named US “violent extremists” as the new Al Qaeda. We who recall how this man and his administration manufactured consent for the Iraq War have a duty to speak out against this language, which the ruling class will use to demonize dissent. https://t.co/Y6ZjicWqZO

— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) September 12, 2021

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