I know saying so drives the hate mail but I am looking forward to the post-election “43 book,” as Americans are regretting their Decision Point to put a “Dude” who thinks his critics are his “enemies” in the White House. History is already starting to give George W. Bush some of the credit he deserved.
Drudge has a taste of the book up.
Seven years and counting in Iraq, for what?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIsn't a "culture of life" much more appealing than a "culture of death?" I wish everyone could look at the big picure like W. did.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseFor those 'looking forward to the post-election '43 book,' may their fondest, sweetest hopes be realized and their deepest fears calmed -- unlike those of us who were looking forward following the 2000 election to a sober, fiscally responsible, secure borders (post 9/11 of course) dare I say, adult government.
As for the "culture of life," I would have settled for a "culture of restraint," competence in a word, from which the rest might have been built upon, instead of an Obama-lite individual who felt compelled to give away everything he could get his hands on.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI love the way President Bush has refrained from comment on most aspects of the Obama presidency. GWB is a classy fellow. History will judge him well.
To answer silly Jason, who whined about seven years in Iraq: Using the best intelligence we had at the time, this was the best decision to be made. Presidents have to protect our nation, first and foremost. Now, Wikileaks has inadvertently released a secret memo proving there were WMD in Iraq after all. Are the Leftists clammoring to apologize to GWB? Nah.
In a larger sense, in these 10 years since 9-11-01, many of us, at least the thinking population, have learned we shouldn't expect Muslims to have the same values as we do. Tribalism and a 6th C religious code won't cede willingly to democracy, freedom and the lessons of Western Civilization. They're not ready for it, and their religion/political movement - Islam - resists any reformation. Maybe we should just defund them, and let them return to their desert for another 100 years. They haven't earned the right to live in the modern world, and I for one don't want to give them any more opportunities to use OUR technology and OUR resources to reduce us to THEIR Stone Age barbarism. So, maybe we had to learn that lesson, of their unrepentence, and recalcitrance. They won't assimilate, but we won't bend, and our next president won't bow.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseGWB, much like Truman, is a president who will be judged by history far better than he was when he left office.
15 years in Bosnia, and 12 years in Kosovo - for what?
Seven years in Iraq - for helping to begin the process of moving the Persian region out of the Dark Ages into which it has been dragged by those who want to destroy the way of life of every single western civilization.
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Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"History is already starting to give George W. Bush some of the credit he deserved."
In your dreams, you silly BooshBot.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseJason wrote: "Seven years and counting in Iraq, for what?"
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To liberate a nation and the world-at-large from a brutal dictator, spread the seed of democracy in the Middle East, and attract our shadowy enemies to one locale where we could fight and kill them at a time and place of our choosing and disrupt and attrit their terrorist networks, thus protecting the homeland.
Amazing that the homeland hasn't been attacked since we opened up fronts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Must be a coincidence.,,
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