Former President George W. Bush came under attack Monday from Fox News, which accused him of having ties to the Islamic world and of perhaps being a secret Muslim. While the former president has stayed out of the limelight since leaving office, critics contend that his silence only proves their theories correct.
The fervor began when Fox’s morning show "Fox and Friends" reported that Bush’s family had close ties to the Islamic world, particularly with Saudi Arabia.
"I just learned that, get this, George Bush senior actually led a whole bunch of countries to war to protect Saudi Arabia when he was president. Of course the Bushes have always been close to big oil," Fox Newsmodel Gretchen Carlson reported Monday. "Was the young George W. Bush indoctrinated into the Islamic faith during that time? Some people are asking this question. By ‘some people’ I mean the people on this show, our scriptwriters and the folks who issue our talking points each morning."
Carlson’s co-host Steve Doocy joined in the echo chamber, asserting that this information "raises questions" about where the younger Bush’s loyalties lie.
"The younger President Bush inflamed the Islamic world by invading Iraq on false pretenses. Our own intelligence agencies said this made us less safe and served as a rallying cry for Al Qaeda and other extremists," Doocy said. "Did George W. Bush do this to help out Al Qaeda? Does George W. Bush hate America? Does he want to install a Muslim caliphate here in the U.S.? Some say the former president has some explaining to do." (continued...)
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