George Washington Wouldn't Cut and Run

I saw this baffling cartoon in the Daily News yesterday-



First off, the idea of comparing George Washington to George W. Bush is insulting not only to Mr. Washington but to anything he was ever connected with (the people on that boat, his wooden teeth, that cherry tree, and the $1 dollar bill).

Secondly, the idea of comparing the two conflicts is even more ridiculous than the WWII talking point. George Washington and our other founders didn't invade another country. They weren't trying to 'liberate' a country across the world for dubious and ever-changing reasons. They were trying to liberate themselves. They were fighting a revolution in their own country against its rulers. They didn't need/want an exit strategy... because they didn't want to leave. They wanted the British to leave; that was the whole point. In this artist's mind, where would Washington cut and run to if he had the dreaded T-word (timetable)? Back up to Boston? Philadelphia? Which players in the Iraq war does the artist believe Mr. Washington represents?

Me thinks the artist needs to study their history better.

After all, was it not George Washington who spoke of "avoiding foreign entanglements"?

I did a rant about the Iraq liberation/Revolutionary War comparisons back on my old LiveJournal blog this past March, reimagining our independence story to make it fit the Iraq model. It involves a unilateral invasion by the French, a colonial insurgency, and Poland.

Also- A great column by Arianna Huffington on a similar note:
Dems' Template for Success: Follow John Murtha... and George Washington