Bush has suddenly decided that the Iraq occupation is kinda like Vietnam after all, but of course he’s careful to draw the wrong conclusions from the comparison. The article quotes American University historian Allan Lichtman as saying that Bush’s spin on the situation “is not revisionist history. It is fantasy history.”
On a related note, […]
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Roundup: Fantasy History Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 23rd, 2007 at 3:29 pm
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Roundup: Still Life with Salmon Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 28th, 2007 at 4:33 am
POLITICS: The Washington Post brings us the fascinating story of how Cheney’s quest to undermine environmental science for political purposes led to a humongous pile of rotting dead fish. “… Because of Cheney’s intervention, the government reversed itself and let the water flow in time to save the 2002 growing season, declaring that there was […]
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