Waiting on History: The Bush Administration, Scapegoats, and the War in Iraq

• In Event: Applying Burkean Theory to our Political Past, Present, and Future

Abstract

This paper explores President George W. Bush's rhetorical personification of history to gain approval for the War in Iraq, and delay judgment of his policies. By looking at thirty addresses from Bush, between 2002 and 2008, this essay argues that Bush created a new, humanized, version of history as a scapegoat from criticism on the War in Iraq.

Author

• Jessy Ohl, University of Alabama