(From Salon Magazine)
Wednesday in West Virginia <http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/03/20060322-3.html>, President Bush provided a rather sloppy view of history. Speaking in the city of Wheeling, Bush said: "The first lesson is, is that oceans can no longer protect us. You know, when I was coming up in the '50s in Midland, Texas, it seemed like we were pretty safe. In the '60s it seemed like we were safe."
Uh, is it possible that Bush: a) never saw one of those designated fallout shelter signs that were posted on the facades of thousands of buildings across America in the 1950s and '60s? b) has forgotten completely about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962? c) has never heard the musical jingle "Duck and Cover," produced by the U.S. government and aimed at American children? d) is unaware of why treaties such as SALT and START were negotiated? e) believes the Cold War pitted Coke against Pepsi? f) all of the above?
Just wondering.