2007-08 The History Boys

2007-08 \George W. Bush\lessons from history\Bush administration hypocrisy\Harry Truman\David Halberstam http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/070507A.shtml The History Boys by David Halberstam (Halberstam was killed in a car wreck 2007-04-23, so this must have actually been written before that): &ldquo;In the twilight of his presidency, George W. Bush and his inner circle have been feeding the press with historical parallels: he is Harry Truman - unpopular, besieged, yet ultimately to be vindicated - while Iraq under Saddam was Europe held by Hitler. To a serious student of the past, that's preposterous. Writing just before his untimely death, David Halberstam asserts that Bush's "history," like his war, is based on wishful thinking, arrogance, and a total disdain for the facts.&rdquo;   