Bush used the occasion of a 9\/11 speech to take a thinly-veiled slam at the Jan. 6 insurrectionists and other U.S. political extremists.<\/b>
\nFormer President George W. Bush used the occasion of a 9\/11 speech to take a thinly-veiled slam at the Jan.6 insurrectionists and other U.S. political extremists. \u201cWe have seen growing evidence that the dangers to our country can come not only across borders but from violence that gathers within,\u201d Bush said Saturday in Shanksville, Pennsylvania., at a ceremony to remember the hijacking and crash of United Flight 93, which was commandeered by Muslim terrorists. \u201cThere is little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home,\u201d Bush said. \u201cBut 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.\u201d Bush\u2019s 10-minute speech \u2013 before an audience that included Vice President Kamala Harris and former Vice President Dick Cheney \u2013 compared what he called the unity of Americans after 9\/11 with the disunity of the present day. \u201cIn the weeks and months following the 9\/11 attacks, I was proud to lead an amazing, resilient, united people,\u201d Bush said. \u201cWhen it comes to the unity of America, those days seem distant from our own. \u201cMalign forces at work in our common life that turn every disagreement into an argument and every argument into a clash of cultures. So much of our politics has become a naked appeal to anger, fear and resentment. That leaves us worried about our nation and our future together.\u201d<\/p>\n