My Opinion of the Presidency of George W. Bush
(originally posted by me into the blog of mosinging1986)
My opinion of George W. Bush was that he was a good, though not great, President. He successfully waged war against America's enemies and overthrew two hostile regimes, those of Afghanistan and Iraq. This needed to be done, and it needed to be done because George H. W. Bush (the 41st President) failed to allow his own Iraq campaign to continue on to victory, and because Bill Clinton failed to attack Afghanistan for harboring Bin Laden when Bin Laden launched attacks on Americans abroad.
He wasn't a great President because he left his war undone, and his failure to communicate clearly led to the election of an incompetent successor, Barack Obama, who will probably not complete the job, or at least not until after we have suffered another 9-11 or greater scale attack. In particular, he failed to either force Pakistan into destroying Al Qaeda and the Taliban or install a more compliant regime, and he failed to prosecute the war against Iran and North Korea. Those will be the obligations of his successors.
Still, he did a good job: under Bush, American arms were undefeated, and American enemies trembled at the spectacle of Terrorist dictators and their high officials slain, imprisoned or driven into exile. For all his smooth oratory, I doubt that Barack Obama will do better, and it will probably be up to the Republican elected in 2012 to finish the job of forcing the Terrorist States into the dustbin of history.
My opinion of George W. Bush was that he was a good, though not great, President. He successfully waged war against America's enemies and overthrew two hostile regimes, those of Afghanistan and Iraq. This needed to be done, and it needed to be done because George H. W. Bush (the 41st President) failed to allow his own Iraq campaign to continue on to victory, and because Bill Clinton failed to attack Afghanistan for harboring Bin Laden when Bin Laden launched attacks on Americans abroad.
He wasn't a great President because he left his war undone, and his failure to communicate clearly led to the election of an incompetent successor, Barack Obama, who will probably not complete the job, or at least not until after we have suffered another 9-11 or greater scale attack. In particular, he failed to either force Pakistan into destroying Al Qaeda and the Taliban or install a more compliant regime, and he failed to prosecute the war against Iran and North Korea. Those will be the obligations of his successors.
Still, he did a good job: under Bush, American arms were undefeated, and American enemies trembled at the spectacle of Terrorist dictators and their high officials slain, imprisoned or driven into exile. For all his smooth oratory, I doubt that Barack Obama will do better, and it will probably be up to the Republican elected in 2012 to finish the job of forcing the Terrorist States into the dustbin of history.