Joe. My. God.: Dubya Speaks Of World War III

Joe.My.God writes about Dubya ratcheting up the rhetoric of war regarding Iran’s nuclear program.

This all reminds me of a great quote from Season 4 of the West Wing:

“Franz Ferdinand, who was the nephew of the Austro-Hungarian Emperor, was killed by a group called the Black Hand, and because they were a Serbian nationalist society, the Empire declared war on Serbia. Then Russia, which was bound by a treaty, was forced to mobilize, which meant that Germany had to declare war on Russia. Then France declared war on Germany… and that was World War I. Because the Emperor’s nephew was killed.”

And from “The History Boys”:

Mrs. Lintott: Can you, for a moment, imagine how depressing it is to teach five centuries of masculine ineptitude? [...] History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.

Where is our JFK? Hell, I’d even go for George H. W. Bush at this point.