Digby: Pimping the Greatest Generation

The president seemed a little confused last night. For the last two weeks he's been evoking images of WWII, talking about islamic fascists and the like. Last night he seemed to be adding the Cold War into the mix. Apparently, he wants people to believe that al Qaeda is more threatening than the Nazis and the communists combined:

The war against this enemy is more than a military conflict. It is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century and the calling of our generation.

Our nation is being tested in a way that we have not been since the start of the Cold War.