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PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH HAS LIKENED THE US "WAR ON TERROR" TO THE COLD WAR FIGHT AGAINST COMMUNISM. DO YOU AGREE WITH HIS THEORY?

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PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH HAS LIKENED THE US "WAR ON TERROR" TO THE COLD WAR FIGHT AGAINST COMMUNISM. DO YOU AGREE WITH HIS THEORY?


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created Sun May 28, 06

President George W Bush has likened the US "war on terror" to the Cold War fight against communism after World War II, at a military graduation ceremony.
Speaking to cadets at West Point military academy in New York state, Mr Bush said the US would not rest until the threat of terror had been removed.

The 861 new graduates must fight a war against terror that knew no boundaries, the president told them.

"The war began on my watch but it's going to end on your watch," he said.

In a wide-ranging speech, Mr Bush talked of his aim of spreading peace through the Middle East, saying repression there was creating conditions for global terrorism.


We will complete the mission
George W Bush

"We're still in the early stages of this struggle for freedom and, like those first years of the Cold War, we've seen setbacks and challenges and days that have tested America's resolve, yet we've also seen days of victory and hope," he said.

He commended former President Harry Truman, whose administration lacked popularity but who he said had laid the groundwork of success against communism.

Mr Bush drew parallels between Mr Truman's Cold War efforts and his own in fighting global terrorism.

The cadets were the first to arrive at the academy after the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US.

The president noted that more than 50 of their fellow cadets had already seen combat, and 34 former cadets had died in the "war on terror".

"We will honour the memory of those brave souls. We will finish the task for which they gave their lives. We will complete the mission," he said.

(BBC World)

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COMMENTS:
If he doesn't have a proper knowledge of the Cold War, then he shouldn't be making comparisons with it, he just sounds foolish.

Besides which, I do not think the war on terror could ever be won.
by xxxxxxxx on Sun May 28, 06 12:32am [+]

With approval ratings in the low 30's, Mr. Bush is grasping at straws.
by cranky on Sun May 28, 06 7:20am [+]

I disagree. "Terrorism" is an idealogy without boarders and without a national identity. It was pretty obvious who the target was in the Cold war. The world knew who the Soviets were and who the allies were. Terrorism doesn't have that so it can't be won. It's like the war on crime, it can't be won because it's not possible.

Then there are all the other details that I just don't want to get into.
by habeas_corpus on Sun May 28, 06 11:37am [+]

Alike? Hardly. The two are opposites. Put aside the obvious, that being the the soviet union actually was a country we were up against not a organization with no "official" country helping them. The big difference is that both countries knew the power of WMD's and neither wanted to end the world. Terrorist don't remember Hiroshime and Nagsaki, they can not understand the power of those weapons. And there for, are even more dangerous. They wouldn't think twice about using them!
by doen5167 on Sun May 28, 06 7:25pm [+]

yes there are many valid paralells. If the president was democrat then many on this site, no doubt, would agree too.
by Ignatius_J_Reilly on Sun May 28, 06 11:20pm [+]

There is nothing 'cold' about the war on terror.
by xhiker on Mon May 29, 06 3:03am [+]

I disagree with EVERY argument people make comparing what's happening now in the world with ANYTHING that's come before.
Certain People's over-and-over history arguments are proving NOTHING.
by Jyl on Wed May 31, 06 3:59pm [+]






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