Demagogue

I posted earlier today about Bush's statement, drawing this far-fetched analogy between the Iraqi constitution and America's constitutional framers. This letter to the editor in today's Washington Post refers to an equally lame, 1776-style analogy by Bush's veep:

It seemed odd that the vice president would invoke images of George Washington's Continental Army in urging us to stay the course in Iraq ["U.S. 'Will Not Relent' in Iraq, Cheney Tells Veterans Group," news story, Aug. 19].

Dick Cheney said our Revolutionary War forebears "stayed in the fight," yet in that war, it was the insurgents who prevailed after an eight-year struggle against an occupying army from overseas.

JIM BILLITER
Laurel