Something Napoleonic about Bush

Indian Express ^

[SE Mom]

WOW. Superb piece...great insight.

[Sam Cree]

I didn't read this, but did they say it's because Bush is kind of short and scratches alot? OK, going back to read the article, sound interesting. Not a fan of Napoleon, btw.

[Red Sea Swimmer]

An interesting historical footnote is that many of the Jews in Europe of the time of Napoleon were actually hoping that he would prevail. Alas Waterloo unfolded. The poor old Rothschilds did ok out of the final battle of the Napoleonic War though.

P.S. Napoleon actually re-instituted the ancient Sanhedrin at one point.

[Cicero]

Very acute. A writer of intelligence and humor.

I'd call it a must read.

[Cicero]

Napoleon, paradoxically, can be viewed both as a tyrant and as a progressive. Among his fans was Beethoven, until Napoleon crossed the line and seemed more a tyrant than a friend of liberty. Many Jews were in the forefront of what they saw as movement toward reason and progress and away from superstition and the Ancien Regime.

[kimosabe31]

Really good article.

[billorites]

"I wish I wasn't the war president. Who in the heck wants to be a war president? I don't."

[SandRat]

Very well done. Spot on!

[Strategerist]

A very poor comparison, I think.

Napoleon was guilty of what could only be considered as war crimes in Egypt and Syria. It's where his tyrannical side really first manifested itself.

[billorites]

"I always jest to people, the Oval Office is the kind of place where people stand outside, they're getting ready to come in and tell me what for, and they walk in and get overwhelmed in the atmosphere, and they say, man, you're looking pretty."

[advance_copy]

It's Karl Rove's fault.

[billorites]

"Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat."

[BobS]

Very good find. But Napoleon didn't drive his enemies to altered states of awareness. Bush is hauling long trains of boxcars of his enemies to the insane asylum at full speed; every day.

[TigersEye]

Excellent! Interesting well-spoken POV. Gotta go 100% with doing the opposite of what MSM liberals want or expect. All good political thought should start with that.

[LauraleeBraswell]

""the exemplary impact of elections where actually the results turned out quite different from what the conquerors might have wanted, ""

We are the conquerors I suppose. Well, how did they elections turn out differently than what we wanted?

[anniegetyourgun]

And I am enjoying that part way too much.....

[TigersEye]

Head 'em up and moooove 'em out. Just kidding. Sort of.

[VadeRetro]

Napoleon had to abandon a whole army in Egypt. Got it in but couldn't get it out after Britain answered his victory in the Battle of the Pyramids with a naval victory in The Battle of the Nile. Somehow it didn't hurt his rise to power in a coup d'etat almost as soon as he got back to Paris.