We’ll All Be Dead.
Bob Woodward on 60 Minutes on Bush on History:
How does the president think history will judge him for going to war in Iraq?
“After the second interview with him on Dec. 11, we got up and walked over to one of the doors. There are all of these doors in the Oval Office that lead outside. And he had his hands in his pocket, and I just asked, ‘Well, how is history likely to judge your Iraq war,’” says Woodward.
“And he said, ‘History,’ and then he took his hands out of his pocket and kind of shrugged and extended his hands as if this is a way off. And then he said, ‘History, we don’t know. We’ll all be dead.’”
Yes. What is this “History” that you elite intellectuals keep yammering about? Why must I contemplate how it might unfold, and in what ways my “actions” might contribute to it?
The odd thing here is I’d feel a whole lot better about his reply if Bush had responded with “History is kind to those who bring freedom to an oppressed people”, or whatever.
But what do we have instead?… A Willfully Ahistorical Perspective.
WE’LL ALL BE DEAD.