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To: Sully- who wrote (62388)	8/31/2005 10:36:52 PM
From: abstract	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Sorry Mr. President, You're No FDR Bush's worst war analogy yet. By Fred Kaplan Posted Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005, at 2:19 PM PT Should have taken some history books to Crawford A little history is a dangerous thing, and George W. Bush has been sipping from its well all too skimpily. Last week, in an effort to put a positive spin on the breakdown of Iraq's constitutional assembly, the president noted that Federalist America went through a decade of turbulence before completing its own constitution—a dreadful analogy, in part because the two situations are so radically different, but more because, if the comparison were apt, it would imply that Iraq will be a cauldron of blood and chaos for many decades to come. Now, President Bush is going further—this time, gulping more than anyone should have to swallow—likening the nature, scope, and stakes of America's battle in Iraq to those of World War II. slate.msn.com

To: Sully- who wrote (62388)	8/31/2005 11:27:42 PM
From: abstract	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 65232

The Corps never tried to hide the fact that the spending pressures of the war in Iraq, as well as homeland security -- coming at the same time as federal tax cuts -- was the reason for the strain. At least nine articles in the Times-Picayune from 2004 and 2005 specifically cite the cost of Iraq as a reason for the lack of hurricane- and flood-control dollars. In early 2004, as the cost of the conflict in Iraq soared, President Bush proposed spending less than 20 percent of what the Corps said was needed for Lake Pontchartrain, according to a Feb. 16, 2004, article, in New Orleans City Business. editorandpublisher.com