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Originally posted by widebody911
When you say this model, what do you mean, exactly?
Bushies love to tout Japan and Germany as justification for Iraq, but really, GWB himself hasn't been dumb enough (yet) to try to make that comparison (that I know of, anyway).

No, Bush is now resorting to the WW2 card.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/30/AR2005083001078.html

Bush Calls Iraq War Moral Equivalent Of Allies' WWII Fight Against the Axis

By Peter Baker and Josh White
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, August 31, 2005; Page A07

CORONADO, Calif., Aug. 30 -- Invoking the spirit of Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Bush on Tuesday cast the war in Iraq as the modern-day moral equivalent of the struggle against Nazi fascism and Japanese imperialism in World War II, arguing that the United States cannot retreat without disastrous consequences.

Bush used a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the victory over Japan to try to fortify public will at a time of unremitting violence in Iraq. It was third time in the last week that he has delivered a stay-the-course speech to counter an energized antiwar sentiment. Speaking at a naval base near the docked USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, Bush characterized Iraqi insurgents as every bit a "ruthless" enemy as the Germans and the Japanese.

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Guess his poll numbers hitting all-time lows must sting a bit. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/30/AR2005083000302.html