Infinite MonkeysI just caught the end of a David Gregory report on NBC nightly news. He was in Europe with the President, and was doing the typical "they think Bush is a cowboy" bit. He ended with "tonight, Mr. Bush landed in Budapest, where he will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the uprising...a reminder of one point in history where the U.S. and Europe saw eye to eye."
Now, it's quite common for people ignorant of history (and, to be fair, Gregory may have just been drunk) to claim that now is a time of great division, but in the past everyone got along. This is utter nonsense. In 1956, there were great divisions. Even putting aside all of the Soviet apologists in Europe, at the time of the Budapest uprising, Britain and France were busy invading Egypt in the Suez crisis. The U.S. had to force them to back down.
Whenever the MSM is talking about history, be skeptical...even if it's what happened yesterday.
Posted by David at June 21, 2006 05:55 PM