On the meme "History will prove that George W. Bush did the right thing on Iraq"

[zbdent]

"History will prove that Bush did the right thing" with Iraq ... that's basing a lot on supposition and speculation ...

That's supposing that things would have been a lot worse if he hadn't done anything ... no PROOF ...

I can say, with as much justification, that history has proven that the country was worse off than if Al Gore had been President after November 2000 ...

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Sometimes the judgment of history is rather swift

For example, right after Little Big Horn, the US Army realized that Custer had made a grave tactical error.

[NOW tense]

5. I disagree with your example

"Custer's last stand" is one of histories greatest spin jobs.

[islandmkl]

6. 'custer's last stand' is historical fodder for those learning/being taught 'simple, easy'..

American History 101...

in reality, the War College at Fort Leavenworth teaches the Battle of Little Big Horn as one of its 'historically-proven, great military plans and tactics'...using Sitting Bull's, et. al. plan as an almost PERFECT example of that type of tactic...

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

8. Oh yeah

Didn't mean to diss the Lakota people, for whom I have great respect--I just couldn't think of another complete military disaster--and you must agree that the US Army saw it as such.

So change my analogy--an army doesn't take years to judge a military disaster as a disaster--they know almost immediately.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

7. I realize the spin job

but if you note, I merely said that, in the Army's viewpoint, they immediately knew it was a disaster. Actually, it was a great victory for the Lakota people--to this day when they "honor the flag" the flag they are honoring is the one taken from the 7th Cavalry.

[NOW tense]

9. I didn't mean it as an attack

just conversing.

:hi:

[BOSSHOG]

2. Those with conservative values

are so proud they cannot admit that one with their throught processes could ever be wrong. I fail to find any christianity in my first sentence.

Conservatives put forth a great deal of effort to not take responsibility for anything and yet continue to wave the flag and bray about their christianity.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Well said. They claim responsibility when good things happen,

otherwise they blame everyone/everything else.

[MichiganVote]

3. "History" won't be relying on Fox News to rescue their fat from the fire