Daniel Henninger reviews parallels between Presidents Bush and Truman, both involved in simultaneous hot wars and long-term ideological struggles.
This is a history worth knowing; the parallels between Truman then and Bush now are eerily pertinent to what may happen when voters go to the polls this November with a war on their minds....Notwithstanding [Truman's] political collapse with Korea, surveys concluded that the American people had grown in their support of the broader Cold War. We'll know soon enough the direction of George Bush's political fortunes. But his assessment of the world-wide threat as articulated five years ago remains valid, as did Truman's of the Cold War ahead. History's treatment of Mr. Bush is likely to be about the same: He didn't flinch.