Thursday, June 03, 2004
BUSH RANKS WITH ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL
By Stockton
"Sure," said historian JD Privit, a professor at Bob Jones University. "I see some similarities between the three men, war time leaders, brilliant oratorical skills, leaders who united their countries. But remember, Roosevelt and Churchill had flaws. Roosevelt never served in combat when he had the opportunity in World War I and Churchill was a booze hound."
Also noted was that "look of steely resolve" all three leaders possessed.
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By Stockton
Bush will rank high, Rice says
Security chief believes he will be compared with Roosevelt and Churchill
By Bob Deans, Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- As President Bush begins a week of foreign diplomacy, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice insists that he will one day rank alongside such towering pillars of 20th century statecraft as President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
"Statesmanship has to be judged first and foremost by whether you recognize historic opportunities and seize them," Rice said in an interview with Cox Newspapers.
"When you think of statesmen, you think of people who seized historic opportunities to change the world for the better, people like Roosevelt, people like Churchill, and people like Truman, who understood the challenges of communism. And this president has been an agent of change for the better -- historic change for the better."
"Sure," said historian JD Privit, a professor at Bob Jones University. "I see some similarities between the three men, war time leaders, brilliant oratorical skills, leaders who united their countries. But remember, Roosevelt and Churchill had flaws. Roosevelt never served in combat when he had the opportunity in World War I and Churchill was a booze hound."
Also noted was that "look of steely resolve" all three leaders possessed.
