L'histoire, se répète

Franklin Roosevelt, 1942:
'Your government has unmistakable confidence in your ability to hear the worst, without flinching or losing heart. You must, in turn, have complete confidence that your government is keeping nothing from you except information that will help the enemy in his attempt to destroy us.'

The Economist, 2005:
'Iraq is no Vietnam, but the sooner Mr Bush spells out the truth bluntly, the sooner he will recover his reputation as a straight-shooter with the American people and Congress.'

I support the war in Iraq, but if I hear one more administration official claiming that victory is just around the corner without anything tangible backing up that statement, I am going to murder a chicken. (This one, perhaps.)

The war on terror is not for the faint of heart. Nor do those supporting it, i.e. voters, deserve to be treated as such.

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