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I saw this headline today on the New York Times website: “Bush Sees Iraq Echo in ’56 Hungary Revolt.” It reported that Bush mentioned the ’56 revolt in Hungary that was crushed by the Soviets as a parallel to the situation in Iraq. His point was that it took the Hungarians years to get freedom, and it may take the Iraqis many years to have a free, stable nation too. Bad analogy dude.

Call me crazy, but when I think of the Hungarian revolt of ’56, I think of an occupied nation trying to divest itself of a foreign occupier. In the case of Iraq, the United States is the foreign occupier. So it seems to me like Bush is actually sending the insurgents the message that, hey it’s a long struggle, but in the end, you’ll win. Time for a new speechwriter.