When Ignorance Is Not Bliss  Michael Youssef  1/8/2012 12:01:00
AM - Michael Youssef  On December 13, 2011, Michael Gerson
posted “Gingrich’s Embrace of Shallow Ideas” on TownHall.com. In
this column, he blasted former Speaker Gingrich for his honest
assessment of Sharia law, its implications in the West, in
general, and the United States, in particular.  The sad thing
about Mr. Gerson is that he was President George W. Bush’s
speech writer. Though President Bush is a good man who is
respected by so many,including me, his confused and incoherent
policies regarding Islamic fundamentalism landed us in two wars
– one of which was totally unnecessary. I am referring to the
Iraq War, a war that directly gave rise to the current Iranian
threat and rise to power.  Mr. Gerson’s incoherent policies were
inflicted upon us in conflicting statements made by Mr. Bush
regarding Islam when he was president. He once referred to Islam
as a “religion of peace,” but soon began calling it
Islamofascism. Which one is it Mr. Gerso