Bush og Lincoln

Tidligere Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA) der nu er tiknyttet tænketanken American Enterprise Institute har en kronik i Wall Street Journal hvor han sammenligner den nuværende politiske situation med tiden under borgerkrigen. Men mest af alt gør han det som altid har været Gingrich styrke - kommer med forslag til hvordan USA bedre kan håndtere den nye situation.

Han skriver blandt andet: "The first and greatest lesson of the last five years parallels what Lincoln came to understand. The dangers are greater, the enemy is more determined, and victory will be substantially harder than we had expected in the early days after the initial attack. Despite how painful it would prove to be, Lincoln chose the road to victory. President Bush today finds himself in precisely the same dilemma Lincoln faced 144 years ago. With American survival at stake, he also must choose. His strategies are not wrong, but they are failing."

"We have to be honest about how big this problem is and then design new, bolder and more profound strategies to secure American national security in a very dangerous 21st century. Unless we, like Lincoln, think anew, we cannot set the nation on a course for victory."

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