Bush is a master (of sorts) of the English language - 9/11

Fri, 2 Jul 2021 21:39:26 GMT

By initially calling his retaliation plan Operation Infinite Justice, Bush gave it a needlessly religious and messianic colour, an impression that was reinforced a few days later when he referred to his war against terrorism as a crusade. Bush administration officials spent the next several days backpedaling furiously, explaining that when their boss said crusade, he didn't mean to imply a crusade in the sense of a war between Christianity and Islam. Such lexical boo boos are nothing new for Bush, however. Referring to how far the United States would be willing to go to defend Taiwan, Bush said on the Good Morning America television show on April 25, 2001: Whatever it took to help Taiwan defend theirself.