"Today, we’re fighting a new war to defend our liberty and our people and our way of life," he said. "And as we work to advance the cause of freedom around the world we remember that the father of our country believed that the freedoms we secured in our revolution were not meant for Americans alone." Not specifically mentioning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan –although his meaning was clear — Bush said of the first president: "He once wrote, ‘My best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever in any country I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom.’ "…Bush noted the trials that Washington faced during the Revolutionary War, at the helm of "the ragged Continental Army" facing desertions, disaster and "a mighty empire."
"In the end," Bush said in a way that could be applied to his conduct of the war in Iraq, "Gen. Washington understood that the Revolutionary War was a test of wills, and his will was unbreakable."
I doubt that I’m the only person who was offended by George W. Bush comparing himself with George Washington ["the first George W." – ha ha ha]. I expect that there won’t be a blog around that doesn’t have something to say about his hubris [see KOS]. But those parts about "a new war to defend our liberty and our people and our way of life" or "the freedoms we secured in our revolution were not meant for Americans alone" are just too much – as were his analogies of George Washington as a General, then a President. Bush was a drunk draft dodger occasional Lieutenent during his war. Now he’s an incompetent President under the thumb of a wicked man doing very not-right things. They do have a few thing in common. They’re both males named George. Beyond that, nothing else. An analogy with King George of England would have been more apt – a pompous jerk who didn’t mind killing other people’s children…
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