http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KA17Ak01.html And just think.... Taxpayers will be paying this guy every year.... Unbelievable....
Congratulations...now everyone who reads this knows you're an idiot....and yes, I would like fries with my order.
I can appreciate criticism like this article. What drives me crazy is when eveyone jumps of the 'Bush is a moron' bandwagon. Bush had flaws, like anyone else. We can look back in hindsight and easily second-guess a lot of things, but few people seem willing to take the time to actually consider what they would have done, if they had been presented with the same options. Let's face it, he had a lot of tough choices. He's not a great communicator. I'll guarantee you he's more intelligent than 99% of the public who says 'Bush is a moron'. Statements like that don't lead to intelligent discussion, and without intelligent discussion we'll never learn from experience.
You certainly have a most "twisted" view of reality . . . John McCain didn't make a suggestion to increasing troops in Iraq until way too late . . . In fact, the record shows that former Army Chief of Staff, General Eric Shinseki went on PUBLIC record back in February of 2003 when he told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he thought that an occupying force of several hundred thousand men would be need to stabilize postwar Iraq. Interesting to note, Shinseki was appointed by President elect-Obama to head up the VA.
3,000 +/- 911 victims I'm sure would disagree but we'll never know 3,000 +/- family members of 911 victims that do not believe it was a government conspiracy would disagree 30+ million with HIV in Africa would disagree, since W/US has done more for them than any other president/country. 50+ million in Afghanistan and Iraq that now have the opportunity to enjoy the same liberty and freedom we have I'm sure would disagree. 300 +/- million in the US that appreciate the fact no terrorist attack has occurred on US soil since 911 may disagree. 6.7 +/- billion in the world less liberals, socialists, marxists, commies, dictators, and thugs that wish to control/deny liberty and freedom to others may also disagree.
If that's the case, then why did the President-elect appoint Robert Gates as his Secretary of Defense and General Jim Jones ( a hardcore McCain supporter ) as head of the NSA?
I guess you wouldn't consider a 50% decline in the value of the dollar over the last 8 years that ramped Crude Oil to $147 per barrel as a "terrorist" attack, let alone the fact that China and Japan own nearly half of our national debt. How naive.