Bush’s Veteran’s Day Speech
November 12, 2005
So November 11, 2005 (Veteran’s Day) Bush gave a speech to fire back at critics of the war. But before I get into the analysis, let’s point out two things, 1) Bush billed his speech for Friday, which in the media represents the day where all the news items are swept under the rug. If Bush really wanted to make a statement, he would have given his speech on Monday to set the agenda but the timing is representative of how weak this President is in the polls. Secondly, he focused his criticism on Democrats when many people of all political stripes found themselves in opposition to the war before it began. By limiting the scope of the debate, Bush tried to avoid the deep well of discontent over the rationale for this war and its management.
Now that we got that out the way, I cannot believe Bush had the audacity to accuse anyone of trying to re-write history. To be clear, I will be the last person to try and defend many of the spineless Democrats for their complicity in this atrocious war. But Bush is trying to re-write history because conservative historians will look back during this time and say that “the poor President and Congress were victims of bad intelligence, shame on the CIA.” Just think back to the spin put on the failure of government services to help Hurricane Katrina victims. It is tantamount to saying that since everybody messed up, nobody messed up. I give Bush credit for knowing how to frame the debate to his advantage. However, Bush has proven to be a liar and he can do nothing to save his legacy.
And please my being remiss to not point out that Bush has re-written history numerous times with respect to this war. So twenty years from now when someone younger asks you why we invaded Iraq what will you say? To help you out, I included a link that breaks out the 21 reasons why we went to war. From regime change, the Iraqi connection to 9/11, and those WMD, I wonder what Bush does to sleep at night as he finds new ways to rewrite history.
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