"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
The History Boys
Submitted by Melinda Secor on Thu, 2007-07-05 16:00
"In the twilight of his presidency, George W. Bush and his inner circle have been feeding the press with historical parallels: he is Harry Truman?unpopular, besieged, yet ultimately to be vindicated?while Iraq under Saddam was Europe held by Hitler. To a serious student of the past, that's preposterous. Writing just before his untimely death, David Halberstam asserts that Bush's 'history,' like his war, is based on wishful thinking, arrogance, and a total disdain for the facts."
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