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by Boyd Gordon
09:10 PM, 02 Jun 2004
``Like the Second World War, our present conflict began with a ruthless surprise attack on the United States. We will not forget that treachery and we will accept nothing less than victory over the enemy...'' President George W. Bush, Wednesday June 2 2004.
Where to begin... I have two comments. 1) I hope I'm not the only person who did a double-take upon hearing this. A good many countries were heavily embroiled in World War II long before Pearl Harbor was attacked. The United States entered World War II when it declared war on Japan December 8 1941--the day after the tragedy in Hawaii. I hope Bush meant to say, "like our involvement in the Second World War..." but somehow I doubt it. 2) On tonight's "The National" (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's evening television news program), anchor Peter Mansbridge referred to the "so-called war on terrorism." The mention occurs about 21 minutes into the broadcast (air date June 2 2004) in a piece reporting on the aforementioned speech given by Bush in Colorado Springs. (Streaming video is available at http://www.cbc.ca/national ) Historical revisionism begets skeptical and dare-I-say hardball news terminology...
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