MOUNT VERNON, Va. - President Bush honored the 275th birthday of the
nation's first president on Monday, likening George Washington's long struggle
that gave birth to a nation to the war on global terrorism.

"Today, we're fighting a new war to defend our liberty and our people and our
way of life," said Bush, standing in front of Washington's home and above a
mostly frozen Potomac River. "And as we work to advance the cause of freedom
around the world, we remember that the father of our country believed that the
freedoms we secured in our revolution were not meant for Americans alone."

TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer
Mon Feb 19, 12:24 PM ET

Hmm...this sounds kind of familiar...hold on...

Invoking the words of Ronald Reagan, President Bush on Wednesday compared the
war in Iraq and the fight against terrorism to World War II and the battle
against communism.


"Like the Second World War, our present conflict began with a ruthless
surprise attack on the United States," Bush said "We will not forget that
treachery, and we will accept nothing less than victory over the enemy.

"Like the murderous ideologies of the 20th century, the ideology of terrorism
reaches across borders and seeks recruits in every country. So we're fighting
these enemies wherever they hide across the Earth."

ush said the struggle against terror that began after the 9/11 attacks will be
long, and noted there were many setbacks and difficulties for years after the
Cold War began in the 1940s.

June 3, 2004 cnn.com

If this trend continues, at some point in October Bush should compare the war
on terror either the Spanish-American War, The Lord of the Rings: the Two
Towers, or the 1988 Soviet/Yugoslav basketball game at the Olympics.

Shinarae Lluminus