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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (2698)5/27/2004 12:32:40 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
National Debate Blog - After too much Abu Ghraib, I turned off the cable news and switched over to The History Channel the other day which got me to wondering how some of the major events of World War II would have been reported by the cable news networks if Bush had been in charge.

Here are some headlines from THEN and what they might look like IF NOW WERE THEN.

1939 March 15

THEN: German Troops Enter Prague; Czechoslovakia Dismembered

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Abandons Eastern Europeans to Nazis
.

1939 September 1

THEN: Germany Invades Poland

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Fails to Defend Poles
.

1939 September 3

THEN: Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand Declare War on Germany

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Idle As World Acts
.

1940 May 27-28

THEN: Allies Evacuate Dunkirk

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Unfamiliar with History of the Normans
.

1940 July 10

THEN: Battle of Britain begins

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Pilot's License Expires
.

1941 December 7

THEN: Japan Attacks Pearl Harbour

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Missed Signs of Pending Jap Attack
.

1941 December 8

THEN: Allies Declare War on Japan

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Welcomes Allied Support
.

1941 December 11

THEN: Germany and Italy Declare War on United States

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Fails to Negotiate Solution with Axis Powers
.

1942 January 1

THEN: U.N. Declaration Signed by 26 Countries

IF NOW WERE THEN: Pearl Harbor Families Fault Bush for Hawaiin Attack
.

1942 June 3-4

THEN: Battle of Midway

IF NOW WERE THEN: U.S. Suffers Massive Casualties
.

1942 August 12

THEN: Stalin and Churchill Meet in Moscow

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Heads to Texas for Summer Vacation
.

1942 November 11

THEN: Germans Occupy Southern France

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Loses Wine Region Nazis
.

1943 March

THEN: Germans Repulsed in Russia, Caucasuses

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Unable to Pronounce Caucasuses
.

1943 June 9

THEN: Allies Invade Sicily

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Takes Long Way Through Italy
.

1943 July 25

THEN: Mussolini Captured, Imprisoned

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush May Have Condoned Rough Treatment of Mussolini
.

1943 September 8

THEN: Italians Surrender to Germans

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Refuses to Reveal U.S. War Plans
.

1943 September 12

THEN: Mussolini is Rescued

IF NOW WERE THEN: Mussolini Eludes Bush's Grasp
.

1944 June 4

THEN: Rome Falls to Allies

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Fails to Open Second Front in France
.

1944 June 6

THEN: D-Day Invasion of Normandy Begins

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Approved Risky Invasion "Scheme"
.

1944 June 27

THEN: Americans Take Cherbourg

IF NOW WERE THEN: Americans Bogged Down in France
.

1944 July 30

THEN: Hitler Assassination Attempt Fails

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Bungles Hitler Hit
.

1944 December 16

THEN: Battle of Bulge Begins

IF NOW WERE THEN: Germans Route Allies, 101st Airborne Lost
.

1945 January 17

THEN: Russians Liberate Warsaw

IF NOW WERE THEN: Halliburton Lands Lurcrative Military Contracts in France
.

1945 February 9

THEN: British Reach Rhine

IF NOW WERE THEN:U.S. Tanks Damage Wildlife Refuge in Alscace Region
.

1945 April 13

THEN: Belen Concentration Camp Captured by Americans

IF NOW WERE THEN: Democrats Claim Bush's War A Plot to Secure Jewish Votes
.

1945 April 28

THEN: Mussolini Dies

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Budget Defecit Grows as War Costs Escalate
.

1945 April 29

THEN: Germany Surrenders Unconditionally

IF NOW WERE THEN: Losses Mount in Pacific
.

1945 April 30

THEN: Hitler Commits Suicide

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Fails to Capture Hitler
.

1945 August 6

THEN: Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Massacres Japanese Civilians
.

1945 August 9

THEN: Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki

IF NOW WERE THEN: Bush Atrocities in Japan Continue
.

1945 August 14

THEN: Japan Agrees to Unconditional Surrender

IF NOW WERE THEN: Millions Threatened with Job Loss as War Ends
.
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