Bush links the war on terror to the American Revolution

[Doondoo]

President George W. Bush linked the U.S.-led war on terrorism on Monday to the country's struggle for independence led by George Washington more than 200 hundred years ago.

Bush visited the snow-covered grounds where Washington lived and died and which today is a popular tourist attraction. Joined by his wife Laura, with a military honor guard wearing Revolutionary War uniforms standing at attention, Bush laid a wreath at the tomb of the first American president on the Presidents Day holiday to mark Washington's birth 275 years ago.

Standing before the Mount Vernon mansion and sharing the stage with an actor dressed as Gen. George Washington, Bush said Washington's Revolutionary War leadership inspired generations of Americans "to stand for freedom in their own time."

"Today, we're fighting a new war to defend our liberty and our people and our way of life. 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," Bush said.

"He once wrote, 'My best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever in any country I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom,'" Bush said.



http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1942148020070219

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I think Tom Paine would beg to differ with #43 and I would hope

that Alexander Hamilton would challenge him to a duel over that insipid statement.

[karlrschneider]

2. He might want to be careful what he's praising.

:eyes:

[ms liberty]

3. Please tell me that GW spun up out of his grave and slapped the Chimp in the face! n/t

[mvd]

4. Oh boy

I think before long he'll be at Reagan's level of sanity late in his term, only more capable of causing damage. Jan. 2009 can't come soon enough.

In the Revolution, we were fighting for OUR independence. Now, we are the invaders!

[MessiahRp]

5. I see them as very similar only WE'RE the British and the Insurgents are the Colonists

Well up until that pesky Civil War we allowed to begin under our rule...

Rp

[shain from kane]

6. And I'm fuckin' Benedict Arnold, I suppose?

[Felinity]

7. Good one, Georgie! What a sense of humor.

Ah, he wasn't serious, was he?