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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt amazes me that people take the prior administration serisouly
A historically failed president
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/27/us/politics/in-rare-remarks-george-w-bush-argues-against-the-lifting-of-iran-sanctions.html
Bush said it was a mistake to leave Iraq, no wonder he hides, and only speaks only with sycophant audiences
virgogal
(10,178 posts)gabeana
(3,166 posts)because his administration not only a failure in foreign policy but also the economy, like one of our esteemed former senator's said "your entitled your own opinion but not your own facts"
this is for anyone who thinks the Bush administration was effective on anything
virgogal
(10,178 posts)his assistance to Africa for HIV/AIDs.
As they say,even a broken clock is right twice a day.
gabeana
(3,166 posts)and you are also right about a broken clock being right twice a day
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Not too much else.
gabeana
(3,166 posts)but that administration is not going to be remembered for Africa or their drug policy, but how they hijacked 9-11 for their foreign policy goals and how it destroyed the U.S. economy. In a way they should be left to the dust bin of history like Hoovers administration was.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)That bubble was due to burst,they always do, and insidious lending practices that had been in place for years had a lot to do with it.
merrily
(45,251 posts)Obamaco attempted to get an extension from the Iraqi government, but the Iraqi government would not agree to, if we stayed in full force, indemnify against things like intentional rape and murder of its citizens by our private contractors, which is reportedly a standard requirement of such deals made by us.
Sooooo.......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%E2%80%93Iraq_Status_of_Forces_Agreement
(Life is so much easier when a story does not change, depending on whether a Democrat or a Republican is involved.. I posted the above facts when DUers praised Obama for getting us out of Iraq and I posted them when Republicans started blaming Obama for taking us out of Iraq (to a point).
Also, if no one had lied us into Iraq, neither getting out of Iraq nor getting back into Iraq, would have been an issue.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12776532
"If you break Iraq, you own it," was advice Colin Powell had given Bushco......not all that long before Powell helped Bushco lie us into Iraq.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6522685
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)True, it was at the expense of American workers and the working class and middle class, but somebody's got to pay the piper and for them, it will always the people who can least afford it.