World War II or the Titanic… Choose your analogy.
Sunday, September 3rd, 2006Our dear leader, George W. Bush, is out there calling up the glorious memories of World War II and urging us to “stay the course” in Iraq (which he continues to associate with 9/11 and the war on terrorism; go figure).
I would suggest that reminding us of World War II was a bit risky. It’s been 5 years since 9/11. My recollection is that 5 years after Pearl Harbor we had clearly won the war.
Five years after 9/11 I doubt that anyone other than Dick Cheney thinks we are even close to winning in Iraq or the war on terrorism. If we’d had GW running things in 1942, we’d all be speaking German or Japanese at this point.
I doubt that even the most rabid Republican thinks that the history books will ever put GW in the same league as Roosevelt. Or if they do it will be because of his “New Deal” program of tax cuts benefiting the obscenely rich. [And while we are on the subject of WW II, I don't recall anyone suggesting that Truman was a war profiteer.]
When it comes to GW and “stay the course”, an analogy that is more appropriate would be the Titanic.