Did Bush do anything right?
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You know, a lot of people criticize his invasion of Iraq (obviously). He had a lot of potentially good reasons, but they all ended up not being true. But think about it. If Saddam didn't have WMDs, he would have soon. If he wasn't harboring terrorists, he would have been soon enough. Besides, Saddam was a terrible dictator and torturing/massacring huge amounts of innocent civilians, which we as the United States are supposed to stop if we are truly the "world police."
So, if we didn't go into Iraq then we would have had to soon enough. In fact, it's better that we did when we did before Saddam could build up his military, help launch terrorist attacks, or develop more chemical weapons or WMDs to use against us when we did go in.
So, we might have gone in for the wrong reasons, but it ended up being the right thing to do. Besides, did you ever consider that the Bush Administration knew all this, and purposely told the people Iraq had WMDs, whether they did or not, so that they could go in at the best possible time?
Sometimes the government is a lot smarter than you think. It may have been wrong to mislead the populace in order to be able to declare war on Iraq, but it was the right thing to do. Sometimes the government needs to do things like this for the greater good.
And note that I'm saying that it was right to just invade Iraq and depose Saddam, not the entire Iraq War. After we defeated Saddam's military we needed to have a smarter occupation than sit on our asses in the desert and let insurgents take their anger out on us.
So, if we didn't go into Iraq then we would have had to soon enough. In fact, it's better that we did when we did before Saddam could build up his military, help launch terrorist attacks, or develop more chemical weapons or WMDs to use against us when we did go in.
So, we might have gone in for the wrong reasons, but it ended up being the right thing to do. Besides, did you ever consider that the Bush Administration knew all this, and purposely told the people Iraq had WMDs, whether they did or not, so that they could go in at the best possible time?
Sometimes the government is a lot smarter than you think. It may have been wrong to mislead the populace in order to be able to declare war on Iraq, but it was the right thing to do. Sometimes the government needs to do things like this for the greater good.
And note that I'm saying that it was right to just invade Iraq and depose Saddam, not the entire Iraq War. After we defeated Saddam's military we needed to have a smarter occupation than sit on our asses in the desert and let insurgents take their anger out on us.
His stirring 9/11 speech is what got him re-elected. His swift policy to attack someone also helped. To bad later we found that the swift action he took was based on false info and overreaction. If there had been WMDs then he would have been at least an average president even with the huge deficit.
Edit: for those that put anything about not child left behind i here that many of my teachers hate it. I'm not completely informed about why and what specifics but many don't like it and you should probably appease the people that will be teaching those children they might know more than you do being a poltician not a teacher.
Edit: for those that put anything about not child left behind i here that many of my teachers hate it. I'm not completely informed about why and what specifics but many don't like it and you should probably appease the people that will be teaching those children they might know more than you do being a poltician not a teacher.
Getting rid of the Taliban would've gone a whole lot better if enough troops had stayed in Afghanistan to make it stick, rather than going off to Iraq.
I do admire him for helping Africa though I imagine he got a relatively easy ride from the sections of the press who would normally be up in arms about such things.
To anyone who says he did nothing wrong... I take it you didn't live anywhere near New Orleans while he was in power. That for me will stick in my mind as the one thing that made me unequivocally angry and physically sick to my stomach.
I do admire him for helping Africa though I imagine he got a relatively easy ride from the sections of the press who would normally be up in arms about such things.
To anyone who says he did nothing wrong... I take it you didn't live anywhere near New Orleans while he was in power. That for me will stick in my mind as the one thing that made me unequivocally angry and physically sick to my stomach.
During his administration..
No Child Left Behind.
Texas' Standardized Testing System. (Partly in No Child Left Behind)
Patriot Act.
Edit: Those are some of the screw ups to those who asked.
No Child Left Behind.
Texas' Standardized Testing System. (Partly in No Child Left Behind)
Patriot Act.
Edit: Those are some of the screw ups to those who asked.
*Starts to remember the Bush sent American troops to Iraq (without an exit plan) and thus searched for oil, took down its government, replaced it with our form of democracy that not many people wanted at the time..*BudZer said:
Naaw, nothin at all =3
You know...the people that armed Saddam were the...USA...Clearly we can see how smart these goverments are. Arm them years later, open war to see if they learned to use the guns.ElephantGuts said:
And no the Iraq War was all wrong, no matter how good you make it seem.
uhm... I personally enjoyed his speach about how humans and fish can coexist peacefully. although I think he might have been thinking about martians or something else from one of his crack high dreams
I would like to pint out that no nation should ever invade another nation on the grounds that, they might do something. if that was true there are several other countries that need to be invaded.ElephantGuts said:
secondly were not the worlds police, never have, never will be. we like to act like it but that just makes people hate us.
third, Iraq might not have been the US's best friend but they certainly had bigger enemies, like, oh, Iran. one of the biggest complaints of the war is that now with Iraq being a sissy of a nation militarily it can no longer stand up to Iran meaning Iran's power goes unchecked.
Now, if they had attacked us it would have been different, however when we invaded they had nothing to do with 9/11 and weren't harboring any terrorists.
I don't want to appear ignorant here, I know full well the atrocities committed by Saddam, I have no illusions of those things, however if we went around deposing every leader who's ever done anything like that America would have fought a lot more wars.
Nice of Bush... Other than driving us into a 7 year war we dont even belong in, running our country into the largest national debt in the history of the planet, and then leaving it all for someone else to clean up? Nope, cant really think of anything.
AND he went into Iraq WITHOUT the UN's consent, did not find WMDs, and then LIED about there being WMDs to make it sound like we had a reason to be there.
Theres my rant. Felt i had to het that off my chest.
AND he went into Iraq WITHOUT the UN's consent, did not find WMDs, and then LIED about there being WMDs to make it sound like we had a reason to be there.
Theres my rant. Felt i had to het that off my chest.
You know this was a thread about what he did right. However everyone only seems to be talking about what he did wrong.
This is such a weird comment to me that I don't know if I'm supposed to take this seriously, or as a joke.BudZer said:
Even the most staunch republicans will admit to some of the wrongdoings by Bush. I can't imagine not being able to at least admit a few mistakes.
He didn't really do as much wrong as people make it out to be. The main point people bring up is that he got us into the war in Iraq. What people should realize is that it was immediately after 9/11, and nearly everyone supported the invasion. Looking back, it was foolish, but if we're gonna sacrifice the lives of our soldiers we might as well do something good for the world. And then there's his IQ level...yeah he was pretty stupid. Let's face it, he wasn't the worst president ever, or even near it, and people should look at the facts before the accuse him. I'm not saying I supported him, but honestly, he's better than Kerry, and he's definitely better than Gore...He'd spend all our money on massive ice cubes to cool the ocean down or something...
I am going to assume that you are being sarcastic and would like to inform you that sarcasm is not always easily perceived in text form. If you are serious, than I would like to point out that what he was talking about was monetary and supply aid to African countries.Ignignoct said:
As for things Bush did right: No Child Left Behind had a good idea, but was not entirely thought through because it relies to heavily on standardized tests and blames teacher exclusively when a child does not learn.
His initial response to 9/11 was good.
It looks like Robert may be a decent enough pick for the Supreme Court (not the most preferred, but the man seems to have a level head about the law and not entirely a partisan hack).