Oh, Stephen, Dubya was just kidding around. Didn't
you see that little wink he gave? It's right there
between the lines.
Hal
On Aug 30, 2005, at 6:35 PM, Stephen Vincent wrote:
> I am afraid my President trumps poetry today. This country is in the
> middle
> of a massive hurricane tragedy (apparently the biggest natural
> disaster to
> have ever struck the continent) and this guy, instead of facing that
> horror
> head on, he takes the day to weave a fiction about the similarities
> between
> the war in Iraq and World War II. He's gone totally around the bend.
> (Can
> you imagine Tony Blair trying this story on the English. "Yes, Tony.
> It's
> the same." etc.) Jeezus. Or read on at one's peril!
>
> CORONADO, California (AP) -- Facing a public increasingly wary of his
> war
> policies, President Bush declared Tuesday that America cannot rest
> until its
> freedom is secure and likened his spreading-democracy vision to
> Franklin D.
> Roosevelt's.
>
> Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, the
> president
> drew comparisons between that 20th-century conflict and current wars on
> terror and in Iraq.
>
> "As we mark this anniversary, we are again a nation at war. Once again
> war
> came to our shores with a surprise attack that killed thousands in cold
> blood," he said at a naval base here, referring to September 11, 2001
> terrorist attacks.
>
> He said that as in the time of World War II, the United States now
> faces "a
> ruthless enemy" and "once again we will not rest until victory is
> America's
> and our freedom is secure."
>
>
Hal "Everyone has a right to be stupid
but some people abuse the privilege."
--Joseph Stalin
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