Bush: War On Terror Like U.S. Revolution

In Presidents Day Speech, President Compares Revolutionary War With U.S. Fight Against Terrorism

(AP)  President Bush honored the 275th birthday of the nation's first president on Monday, likening George Washington's long struggle that gave birth to a nation to the war on global terrorism.

“Today, we're fighting a new war to defend our liberty and our people and our way of life,” said Bush, standing in front of Washington's home and above a mostly frozen Potomac River.

“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 chose the national Presidents Day holiday to make his first visit as president to Mount Vernon. He and first lady Laura Bush helped lay a wreath at Washington's tomb, then the president gave a speech from a platform on the bowling green lawn of the estate.

“I feel right at home here. After all, this is the home of the first George W. I thank President Washington for welcoming us today. He doesn't look a day over 275 years old,” Bush said to laughter.

Washington was born on Feb. 22, 1732.

“On the field of battle, Washington's forces were facing a mighty empire, and the odds against them were overwhelming. The ragged Continental Army lost more battles than it won, suffered waves of desertions, and stood on the brink of disaster many times. Yet George Washington's calm hand and determination kept the cause of independence and the principles of our Declaration alive,” Bush said on a clear but frigid day, speaking to several hundred people.

Mount Vernon is about 16 miles south of the White House. Bush traveled by helicopter.

“In the end, General Washington understood that the Revolutionary War was a test of wills, and his will was unbreakable,” said Bush. “After winning the war, Washington did what victorious leaders rarely did at the time. He voluntarily gave up power.”

Washington's retirement didn't last long, Bush noted.

“As president, George Washington understood that his decisions would shape the future of our young nation and set precedent. He formed the first Cabinet, appointed the first judges, and issued the first veto.

“Over the centuries, America has succeeded because we have always tried to maintain the decency and the honor of our first president,” Bush said.

Before and after Bush's speech, recorded music by the 3rd U.S. Infantry Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps blared through loudspeakers. Organizers of the event said the fife and drum corps had planned to perform live, but decided against it Sunday night because of expected temperatures in the 20s that could have damaged their historic instruments.

[bluestardad]

Email your senators and representatives tell them your views! http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_in
formation/senators_cfm.cfm or http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

[bluestardad]

GUYS YOU GOTTA READ THIS!
http://www.aipac.org/forms/join_aipacClubs.htm
The Elite Minyan group - you mean for a minimum of only $100,000 dollars
a year I too can shape world policy? Tell me more!
I especially like the bit about enjoying "the exclusivity you deserve."
This thing borders on parody, but alas, unfortunately it is all too real.
You may have noticed the coming surge of American public opinion against using our military to promote the agenda of other Countries! American people are learning it is ok to disagree with a President who is friends of Saudi Arabia and who gives them special treatment on the world stage at the expense of American lives. 95% of killing done in Iraq is done by Sunnis Sponsored by Saudi Arabia! For years no one would say anything against promoting the Israeli agenda for fear of being labeled an anti-Semitist but now America is learning it is also acceptable to disagree with Israeli promoters like AIPAC members who would gladly sell thousands of American soldier%u2019s lives to promote Israeli interest! Now these same policies and neocons are pushing our soldiers toward another war in Iran. American military is made to protect American interest not fight proxy wars in the interest of other countries! American blood and treasure should be spent only in American interest! As for the Rest of us Americans, The Statue of Liberty Stands in New York Harbor and is not Kneeling in the desert of the Middle East!

[johnshaft4]

Oh pleeez...Someone get the nuke launch codes away from psycho Bush NOW!

[notblue]

Bluestardad, what on earth does your comments have to do with the article, lately you just spew the biased rhetoric and it's not even yours???????, get a life.

[dallison7]

"I feel right at home here. After all, this is the home of the first George W. I thank President Washington for welcoming us today. He doesn't look a day over 275 years old,%u201D Bush said to laughter.


WHO IN HELL WOULD LAUGH AT THAT, THAT'S NOT FUNNY!! JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW UTTERLY STUPID AND BRAINWASHED HIS FOLLOWERS ARE.

[fairandbal]

The only question left to ask is how long will it take to clean up the horrible mess Republicans have left this country in and how long before someone in the press really comes out and says honestly how derranged this man is. Well, that's two questions.
I honestly agree, this guy can't really have his hands on the nuke button. god help us!

[dallison7]

%u201CIn the end, General Washington understood that the Revolutionary War was a test of wills, and his will was unbreakable,%u201D said Bush. %u201CAfter winning the war, Washington did what victorious leaders rarely did at the time. He voluntarily gave up power.%u201D

How dare this little 'morally challenged' pi$$ant compare himself to George Washington!!! That has got to be the most insane comparision I have ever seen. I like the last sentence though, let's stop the war TODAY and you can go home you little drug-addict.

[BlueInWI]

The real George Washington would never have stood next to King George the Usurper of Civil Liberties.

I think we should declare January 20th 2008 a national Holiday!!

[BlueInWI]

January 20th 2009 that is...

I am really sorry it isn't 2008, or sooner...

Except this time we are playing the role of the British occupiers. Poor analogy either way.

[lars008-2009]

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Infamy Speech
December 8, 1941/September 12, 2001
The facts of yesterday speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation.

As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense.

Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.

I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.

Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.

With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounded determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God.

[lars008-2009]

USA's PLEDGE 2 THE WORLD GIVEN BY JFK!!
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
--John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961 "

"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." --John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961 "

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Winston Churchill

Edmund Burke: All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do

[lars008-2009]

it is the muslims that are the occupiers....

I NO LONGER SUPPORT THE OCCUPATION

The real %u2018occupation%u2019
1300 years of Arab occupation

Arabs, whose home is Arabia, have occupied and brutalized for centuries.

During that time, non muslims have...

been murdered en masse
had their land stolen
their holy places destroyed and desecrated
been sold into slavery
their women raped
their children butchered


and the arabs have the nerve to whine about "occupation" when non muslims fight back

I NO LONGER SUPPORT ISLAM OCCUPATION

[rhondam5]

This man is nuts! His "handlers" need to be careful or they may have another Revolutionary War on their hands here......us against them! We need to make sure he doesn't annoint himself "King George I" and declare elections illegal! Does anyone really know what kind of power the former Republican Congress has given him over the past 6 years!?

[dblbar]

Oh please.....comparing himself to Washington.......he's dillusional - I want some of whatever he's on..

[lars008-2009]

hahahahahahahaha

RhondaM5 thinks this is venezuela and bush is hugo chavez.....lol

or do you think this is cuba and bush is castro....... hahahaha

or is it n korea and bush is kim jong...... lol

too funny........

[bildooreilly]

Bush is correct, sort of, he never really lies just kind of twists it around. Fact is if the founders were still alive today the republicans AND the democrats would have them all sitting in federal supermax prisons or locked up at GITMO as enemy combatants... and that's a fact. The founders despised big government and blue blood aristocrats like George W. from what I gathered. George Washington grew and smoked marijuana and distilled his own whiskey, he would be in prison for that alone these days. What a hoot...

[bildooreilly]

Bush really wanted to dress up like George Washington but he knew we'd all make fun of him for it so he had to hire some other guy to do it.

Who cares what Bush says, he doesn't even write his own words, it's just tripe he's spewing that someone else put in his mouth. He's a walking talking puppet, no need to hate the guy, I doubt if his handlers let him decide how to dress let alone anything important. He's just an image, a figurehead, a frontman, a puppet.

[bluestardad]

notblue; enlightenment

[kstrisha]

Quote:

Bush: War On Terror Like U.S. Revolution

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Oh really? America wasn't settled by Arabs, and the Arabs that we have here, we LET in unlike the English who let themselves in because WE WERE A PART OF THEIR EMPIRE! We do not pay taxes to Iraq like we did to England, nor did WE invade Great Britan like we have Iraq either...

So, how is this the same???

[forthepeaple]

HEY GEORGE WASHINGTON SHOULD BE TYING A ROPE AROUND W'S NECK. WHAT A SHAME TO HAVE A GREAT PRESIDENT NEXT TO THE WORST PRESIDENT THIS NATION HAS HAD FOR THE PAST 6 YEARS.I AM SURE GEORGE WASHINGTON IS TURNING IN HIS GRAVE RIGHT NOW, LOOKING AT GRAPE APE NEXT TO HIM

[johnshaft4]

The real threat(s) to us come from Bush/Cheney henchmen freedom hating, civil liberty destroying tyrants Chertoff, Gonzales.

[bluestardad]

The Iraq war has nothing to do with the War on Terror unless you talk about a represive regime like the Bush Administration!

[jn122736]

The beat goes on!
Mixing metaphors to distort reason.

The American Revolution was a real war against one nation, England.

The so-called war on terror is no more a real war than the the war on drugs or the war on poverty.

The special presidential wartime powers should only be in operative effect in a declared war on a specific country and/or identifiable enemy.

Most everyone understands the phrases %u201Cwar on drugs%u201D etc. to be mere metaphors, not actual declared military wars.
How long will people continue to view the fight against terror the same as a declared war?

[bluzharpdude]

Bush's intervention in Iraq is more akin to Hitler's invasion of Poland than our War of Independence. Bush's "Shock and awe" is the same as Hitler's blitzkrieg; and that%u2019s just a sample of the many similarities.

It really frosts me that a toad like Bush is attempting to have himself compared to someone as great as George Washington. History will create a special category for the legacy of George W. Bush, and I don%u2019t think it will contain many comparisons to George Washington!

[scott4261]

Thank God this d u m b a s s will be gone soon. It cannot be soon enough for me!

[kstrisha]

Bush: War On Terror Like U.S. Revolution

=Poor Analogy

[lars008-2009]

kstrisha

it called all people are created equal haji....

how many fascist nazi islamic countries grants equal rights to everybody no matter what your religion or ***????

can you say apartheid haji.... sure you can

[tbweb]

Ah! The word he should have used when he used Crusade! See! He eventually figures it out! Where's his hat?

[mitywhity]

I agree, this comparison is self-serving nonsense and a disgrace! Our Revolution was not popularly supported and that is the only similarity I see. Our Revolution is too sacred to be compared to the sacrifice for unworthy arab blood. They'll discard everything we have assisted in setting up just as soon as we shove off from shore. They love to kill each other to please their precious allah and I think we should just let them get on with it. Remember, Iraq is just a ficticious country anyway. There never was such a place until Britain created it.

[kstrisha]

The Iraq War is like the American Revolution in the sense that the Iraqis are defending their country against the invaders--us = U.S..

[phil-in-fin]

Can Bush really believe his own bullsh*t?

[freezulu]

I would use the analogy this way: America is the superpower occupier of Iraq (like England was of America). The Iraqis (and insurgents) are fighting to reclaim their homeland and rid themselves of American presence, policy, and influence.
I hate to say it, but Democracy and Liberty will never grow over there. It's a Bush and Company "pipe dream crusade". Our soldiers are being killed and mamed in vain.
-Ron / Omaha, NE

[kstrisha]

Quote:

Can Bush really believe his own bullsh*t?
Posted by phil-in-Fin at 03:32 PM : Feb 19, 2007

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Yes, Bush is presumably a narcissist.

[aesop2-2009]

I did not think Bush could sink this low. Now he is George Washington. How about Hitler.









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[forthepeaple]

I HOPE W WAS LISTEN TO HIMSELF TODAY BECAUSE WHEN HE STATED VOLUNTARILY GAVE UP POWER THIS WOULD BE THE GREATEST ACT THAT HE COULD DO FOR THIS COUNRTY

[coffeehead-2009]

What an a~~.
First he decimates our Constitution *and our rights along with it*-
Then he spits on AMERICANS that fought and died in the AMERICAN revolution by USING - yes he is the biggest USER in the "world" our history to create his own personal profitable future.
He is a sick man - pure "World power" sick.
He gives away our jobs - our tax money - our weaponry - to foreigners and now he wants to top it off with our revolution. Sorry bush let your corporations and nwo friends PAY to bribe cheap labor and domination.

We live in a nation hated abroad and frightened at home. A place in which we can reasonably refer to the American Republic in the past tense. A country that has moved into a post-constitutional era, no longer a nation of laws but an autotocracy run by law breakers, law evaders and law ignorers. A nation governed by a culture of impunity ... a culture in which corruption is no longer a form of deviance but the norm. We all live in a Mafia neighborhood now."
Sam Smith

"The corporations don't have to lobby the government any more. They are the government."
Jim Hightower

[kstrisha]

Quote:

I would use the analogy this way: America is the superpower occupier of Iraq (like England was of America). The Iraqis (and insurgents) are fighting to reclaim their homeland and rid themselves of American presence, policy, and influence.
I hate to say it, but Democracy and Liberty will never grow over there. It's a Bush and Company "pipe dream crusade". Our soldiers are being killed and mamed in vain.
-Ron / Omaha, NE
Posted by freezulu at 03:34 PM : Feb 19, 2007

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Kudos to you! Insightful, intelligent, and objective, unlike our Great Leader...

[sandy994]

Pathetic, first he compares himself to Harry Truman and now George Washington.We were the invaders, not the poor Iraqies. We have killed thosands, bombed their country to the point they are leaving by the thousands.Not to memtion the deaths of over three thousand Ameircans and thousands wounded waiting in dirty hospitals for some help, while the funding is cut. The worst foreign policy decision by a president in the history of this country.

[lieberman181]

The President is right, you know.

Now, let's hear it for the Nazi clowns and surrender monkeys who will be visiting this site shortly.

[lieberman181]

sandy,

you're a bozo invader too.

kindly give up your home to the Native American you stole it from you.

Or does he have the right to shoot you or use a bow and arrow on you? Probably he does.

[mitywhity]

ktrisha - WRONG. Iraq has no interest in freedom. They just want to submit to some faction of Islam and be controlled. That is the muslim way - enslaved by a false religion.

[forthepeaple]

FOR THE ENEMY OF ALL AMERICANS LETS HERE IT FOR MR LIEBERMAN181. EVERYTIME I SEE YOUR NAME ALL I WANT TO DO IS TAKE A BIG S H I T .

[book54552134]

An amazing outrage that Dubya should compare himself with George Washington, the greatest President of the Republic, who did all in his power to secure as many freedoms for the American people as possible.
While on the other hand, this shameless man - G. Bush II, would compare himself with Washington, while doing all in his power to remove as many of American's freedoms as possible.
What an extreme & shameful distortion of history!

[kstrisha]

Sandy, ignore the Bozo/Bully and it will eventually grow sleepy and climb onto his mama's teat for nourishment and protection.

His mama's bosom is Bush's lap, but hey, I am not judging...

[forthepeaple]

AS WE ALL THINK LIEBERMAN181, YOU MUST HAVE SOMETHING FOR BOZO THE CLOWN, SO AGAIN BEND OVER A TAKE ANOUTHER RIDE ON BOZO'S LAP

[joanpz]

Sorry, W has it all wrong...
PRI *Nat Pub Radio* had a program 19Feb07 featuring Maury Shaefer - VOICES FROM *PAST PRESIDENTS* FROM TRUMAN thru CLINTON who WORKED HARD to MAKE ARAB-ISRAELI PEACE a POSSIBILITY -- then GW BUSH, with his MAFIA VOICE, proves JUST WHERE W, CHENEY, RICE *WENT WRONG* -- good history lesson, any self-respecting VOTER SHOULD HAVE READ BEFORE VOTING SINCE 1947!
Am afraid W was born with a silver FOOT in his mouth -- and the U.S. is the sorrier!

[mswolfestock]

I can hear poor George Washington spinning in his grave all the way in West Virginia. Add US History to the long list of subjects that 'Ol Shrub must have slept through.

PS - Rest In Peace, Molly Ivens.

[bm6005]

No more Bushi.t.!!

[kstrisha]

Thank you Joan, you made my day--Ann Richards was a great lady.

Quote:

Poor George, he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth. [1988 keynote address, Democratic National Convention]