ShaunKenney.com

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Kennedy Would Not Pay Any Price, Neither Should Bush
CATO comes out strong against the new Bush Doctrine

Yep, we're still talking about Bush's inaugural speech. This was a pretty interesting article I received this morning regarding a comparison between Bush's inaugrual speech and that of former President John Kennedy:
Few observers would have expected President Bush's second inaugural address to draw comparisons with one of the most famous speeches in American history. Yet the parallels to John F. Kennedy's 1961 inaugural address are unmistakable. That is not necessarily a good thing.

Take Bush's promise to 'stand with . . . all who live in tyranny and hopelessness.' The sentiment is reminiscent of Kennedy's saying the U.S. would 'pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.'

But history reveals that Kennedy did not actually expect to pay any price to defend liberty. Less than three months after he had uttered those words, he worried about the fate of the CIA-trained Cuban emigres who had launched an invasion at the Bay of Pigs to overthrow Fidel Castro. Refusing to 'pay any price,' Kennedy altered crucial aspects of the invasion plan for fear that American fingerprints on the operation would arouse the ire of Castro's patrons in Moscow.
Not a terrible assessment. Ending tyrrany is good; doing it at any price necessary is the kind of overextension that ultimately led to the downfall of the British Empire a century ago.

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Home

 

RedStormPAC

$

About

ShaunKenney.com is one of Virginia's oldest political blogs, focusing on the role of religion and politics in public life. Shaun Kenney, 30, lives in Fluvanna County, Virginia.

Contact

E-mail
RSS/Atom Feed

Links

Bacon's Rebellion
Deo Vindice
First Things
Google News
Hiron's Blog
Instapundit
J's Notes
Jaded JD
Jefferson Mammoth
Republitarian
Save the GOP
VCAP
Virginia Centrist
Virginia Club for Growth
Virginia Progressive
Virginia Virtucon
Vivian J. Paige
Waldo Jaquith

The Jeffersoniad

China Freedom Blog Alliance

China e-Lobby
Democratic China
One Free Korea
ShaunKenney.com

Previous Posts

Squashed Philosophers Now this is something use...

Mike Adams: How to talk to an atheist (and you mus...

What You'll Wish You'd Known If I ever give a h...

George Weigel on the Next Conclave Completing t...

You're too stupid to manage your own money Ferr...

SNOW! So I'm looking out the window of my off...

J's Notes . . . is back! Not that my brother J...

Media's coverage has distorted world's view of Ira...

Hill to Spotsylvania County: 11% $9.5 million i...

Catholic Archbishop Kidnapped in Iraq Archbisho...


Search VA Blogs

BlogNetNews.com

JEFFERSONIAD POLL: Whom do you support for Virginia Attorney General?

1) John Brownlee
2) Ken Cuccinelli

View Results

Recent Music


Politics Blogs - Blog Top Sites Powered by Blogger



Archives


March 2002
April 2002
May 2002
June 2002
July 2002
August 2002
September 2002
October 2002
November 2002
December 2002
January 2003
February 2003
March 2003
April 2003
May 2003
June 2003
July 2003
August 2003
September 2003
October 2003
November 2003
December 2003
January 2004
February 2004
March 2004
April 2004
May 2004
June 2004
July 2004
August 2004
September 2004
October 2004
November 2004
December 2004
January 2005
February 2005
June 2005
July 2005
August 2005
September 2005
October 2005
November 2005
December 2005
January 2006
February 2006
March 2006
April 2006
May 2006
June 2006
July 2006
August 2006
September 2006
October 2006
November 2006
December 2006
January 2007
February 2007
April 2007
June 2007
July 2007
August 2007
September 2007
October 2007
November 2007
December 2007
January 2008
February 2008
March 2008
April 2008
May 2008
June 2008
July 2008