Bush compares Iraq War to American Revolution
SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald (7-6-07)
THE US President, George Bush, has compared the war in Iraq with the US war for independence in his Fourth of July speech.
Like the revolutionaries who "dropped their pitchforks and picked up their muskets to fight for liberty", Mr Bush said American soldiers were fighting "a new and unprecedented war" to protect US freedom.
In a reprise of speeches he delivered in the congressional campaign last year, Mr Bush said the threat that emerged on September 11, 2001, remained, and "a major enemy in Iraq is the same enemy that dared attack the US on that fateful day".
Like the revolutionaries who "dropped their pitchforks and picked up their muskets to fight for liberty", Mr Bush said American soldiers were fighting "a new and unprecedented war" to protect US freedom.
In a reprise of speeches he delivered in the congressional campaign last year, Mr Bush said the threat that emerged on September 11, 2001, remained, and "a major enemy in Iraq is the same enemy that dared attack the US on that fateful day".
Source:
Sydney Morning Herald
Source URL:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/iraq-like-historic-us-war-says-bush/2007/07/05/1183351372800.html
Date:
7-6-07
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Shrewd yes
I find it debatable as to whether Bush is insane or not.I would say not.