Bush is now comparing the War in Iraq to WWII. Give me a break.

I find it particularly offensive that we as a nation whitewashed the anniversary of Vietnam, choosing to focus instead on a RUNAWAY BRIDE instead. Now, when it pleases him, Bush references a totally dissimilar war.

For instance, we were very hesitant to enter the fray of WWII. Our reticence cost the Allies thousands of lives. However, as this wasn’t our war, any assistance we gave was considered a donation – and in that instance, it was a donation that I still believe did the world much good.

In this conflict, we immediately rushed to war after being attacked, just as President Bush said. We rushed right to Afghanistan, put hardly any troops on the ground, and didn’t kill Osama bin Laden. Then we scuttled off to Iraq for a completely unrelated war. Instead of hesitating, we started a war. Now we’re blowing up hospitals and schools, killing innocent people, and losing a conflict because our leader has advised our troops to “stay the course” – a course that wasn’t working in the first place.

We will now sit by and witness the creation of a great Islamic theocracy. The kurds in the North and the Shias in the South will succeed in their effort to bully out the minority Sunni population, then will team up with Iran (also Shia) and the part of Saudi Arabia that has all the oil (also Shia). Then, they’ll have about 70% of OPEC’s oil supply, and we will have a real problem on our hands.

There is one cogent similarity between this war and WWII – both Reagan and Bush were fond of vacations, having taken the most and second-most, respectively, of any president, ever.

Fuck that.

Bush Compares Pearl Harbor to 9/11 Attacks – Los Angeles Times

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