[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18474]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               DON'T CALL THEM RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISTS

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, the blissfully ignorant British bureaucrats 
have decided to ignore who they are fighting. In the name of political 
correctness, Prime Minister Brown is refusing to acknowledge acts of 
terror are committed by Islamic radical insurgents.
  The British Government has banned the use of words such as ``Muslim'' 
and ``war on terror.'' Acts of terrorism are now referred to as 
``criminal acts.'' The Islamic extremists who commit the attacks are 
being referred to as ``communities.''
  Islamic terrorists can go ahead and continue the barrage of terror 
because proper Britain won't even acknowledge who they are.
  When did the great nation of Britain turn into the timid, politically 
sensitive, fearful country that is more concerned about hurting the 
feelings of terrorists than protecting their island? It's time for 
Britain to boldly name the enemy at the gate, to turn around and fight 
for their country, not hide behind niceties.
  Winston Churchill wasn't afraid to name and fight the Nazis when he 
said, ``We shall go to the end; we will defend our island whatever the 
cost will be; we will fight on the beaches; we will fight in the fields 
and on the streets. We will never surrender.''
  And that's just the way it is.

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