The Last Hurrah

How many more "turning points" is the White House allowed to fabricate?

I'd guess zero.

In late October, early November the disaster that is Iraq is not going to be improved, it will continue to be a nightmare. Juan Cole, noticed this particular whopper yesterday from Tony Snow.

Man, it must be hard to watch Snow on television -- unlike his former Predecessor, Human Pork Chop, Scotty McClellan, Snow is capable of looking like he believes it when he lies. Which is why Snow was so sucessful in the shill world.

On Sunday, the most prominent among Bush's spokesmen from the ranks of Fox Cable News anchors, Tony Snow, did it again. He compared our current situation in Iraq to the Battle of the Bulge. This battle began in mid-December, 1944, a little over 3 years after the US entered the war. Snow also suggested that the American public was ready to throw in the towel at that point in the war!

Is the only way this tawdry administration can make itself feel good to defame the Greatest Generation? My late uncle used to tell us stories of how he fought at the Battle of the Bulge. Is Tony Snow saying he was a coward? That the Americans back at the homefront were?

Of all the lies Snow told, of all the foot-in-mouth travesties he's exhibited in the last month, that perhaps is the biggest lie of all.

It puts one in the mind of all the "Werewolf" lies about post-War Germany right-wing morons threw out in the first couple months of the insurgency.

You can say a lot of things about World War II, but you cannot say it did not have uniform public support.

And with good reason, it was against a well-defined enemy with a clear and well-defined goal. Franklin Roosevelt's "Unconditional Surrender" declaration at Casablanca anyone?

[sarcasm]The "unpopularity" of the war must explain why on the day the Battle of the Bulge started, that "hugely unpopular" general Dwight Eisenhower got his Fifth Star from Congress.[/sarcasm]

Dwight Eisenhower sure sounded panicked about the incident too didn't he...

On December 19, the senior Allied commanders met in a bunker in Verdun. Eisenhower, realizing that the Allies could destroy German forces much more easily when they were out in the open and on the offensive than if they were on the defensive, told the generals, "The present situation is to be regarded as one of opportunity for us and not of disaster. There will be only cheerful faces at this table".

But then again, we also had a great President at the time, and a great General in the field -- and future quite good President. Both FDR and Eisenhower would look at the current occupant in the office and shake their heads.

Now we have Bush, who other than the ability to bike, is FDR's lesser on every level.

Back to you for your response Tony.