DAMNED IF HE DOES, DAMNED IF HE DOESN'T

You really must wonder at the depths of Bush-hatred that permeate the mainstream press. Check out this headline from Washingtonpost.com via MSNBC:

“Hamas takeover shows failure of Bush's vision”

You see, everything is all George Bush’s fault. Because a group of people would rather kill themselves then act like human beings, George Bush is a failure. Here’s some of President Bush’s failures:

“The United States championed Israel's departure from the Gaza Strip as a first step toward peace and then pressed both Israelis and Palestinians to schedule legislative elections, which Hamas unexpectedly won. Now Hamas is the unchallenged power in Gaza.”

Ah, the Washington Post would much rather have had Israel occupy the Gaza Strip. No, wait…that’s can’t be right, Israel is supposed to LEAVE the lands it occupied in 1967. And Heaven forefend that there be Democratic elections.

“After his reelection in 2004, Bush said he would use his "political capital" to help create a Palestinian state by the end of his second term. In his final 18 months as president, he faces the prospect of a shattered Palestinian Authority, a radical Islamic state on Israel's border and increasingly dwindling options to turn the tide against Hamas and create a functioning Palestinian state.”

Idiot called for a separate Palestinian state. Of course, Hilary has done the same thing, but that was different.

I may not love President Bush as much as I used to, but I do feel for the man. Oh, and the press sucks, too.

D-DAY

Today is the anniversary of D-Day. June 6, 1944. On that day, Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France to begin the invasion of Europe proper (we had landed in Italy the year before) and so the fall of Nazi Germany had begun. For the two American beaches (Iowa and Omaha), it was a nightmare. The “softening up” of the Atlantic wall from the air, the sea and under water had been iffy at best, usually it had gone badly. The three British and Canadian beaches (Juno, Gold and Sword) were not nearly as bad, but running through the ocean at people with guns pissed at you is never easy.

We should all take a moment to remember.

We should also take a moment to think what the ilk we call Democrat Presidential candidates would say about this invasion. Firstly, why are we invading a “friendly” country – France? We didn’t break from the beachhead for over 30 days – does anybody hear the word “quagmire”? And what about the allies having such an easier time of it? “Mismanagement at the highest levels”, perhaps? ”Why do we want to get into the middle of a European civil war?” “Maybe if we just tried to understand that Germany was oppressed by us after the First World War and tried to reason with them?” “For the love of God, where was the diplomacy?” “Roosevelt lied, people died!” “We need to focus on Japan!”

Sometimes, you need to love press censorship.