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Day 7 — September 17

Six Days After 9/11: Bush Speaks to Muslim Americans

Less than a week after the attack, the most quoted presidential speech was reassuring the attackers' community, not the families burying their dead.

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September 17

Less than a week after the attack, the most quoted presidential speech was reassuring the attackers' community, not the families burying their dead.

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Remember + Honor + Stand Together

Day 7 — September 17

Six Days After 9/11: Bush Speaks to Muslim Americans

Less than a week after the attack, the most quoted presidential speech was reassuring the attackers' community, not the families burying their dead.

Six days after 9/11, with grief and anger running high across the country, President Bush traveled to a mosque in Washington, D.C.

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That was, in most ways, a reasonable and decent message. But look at the timing and the audience.

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September 17

Less than a week after the attack, the most quoted presidential speech was reassuring the attackers' community, not the families burying their dead.

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  • Full text and video: Bush's remarks at the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C., September 17, 2001 (C-SPAN)
  • Richard Landes, “George Bush's Speech to US Muslims after 9/11,” excerpt from Can the Whole World Be Wrong?, chap. 2
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