Comments on: Bush Seeks Positive Legacy http://tisglorious.today.com/2008/11/30/bush-seeks-positive-legacy/ An investment in knowledge still yields the best returns. - Benjamin Franklin Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:33:04 +0000 http://www.today.com/version-2.3.1 By: MplsVala http://tisglorious.today.com/2008/11/30/bush-seeks-positive-legacy/#comment-37 MplsVala Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:24:20 +0000 http://tisglorious.today.com/2008/11/30/bush-seeks-positive-legacy/#comment-37 Well, I think that if one agrees with his social agenda, then it is possible to see some positive aspects of his Presidency. If, like me, you think that his agenda is tragically misguided, then you think he's the worst ever. But I believe that the weight of history will crush W and he'll be long remembered for just how awful he was. (Not that he's done, he's still jamming through horrible junk Obama will have to fix.) Well, I think that if one agrees with his social agenda, then it is possible to see some positive aspects of his Presidency. If, like me, you think that his agenda is tragically misguided, then you think he’s the worst ever. But I believe that the weight of history will crush W and he’ll be long remembered for just how awful he was. (Not that he’s done, he’s still jamming through horrible junk Obama will have to fix.)

]]> By: threedegrees http://tisglorious.today.com/2008/11/30/bush-seeks-positive-legacy/#comment-32 threedegrees Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:20:43 +0000 http://tisglorious.today.com/2008/11/30/bush-seeks-positive-legacy/#comment-32 Apparently you've forgotten your history. Not only did President Clinton establish the first counter-terrorism office dealing exclusively with Al Qaeda, he successfully kept them from attacking inside the US for the remaining 7 years of his Presidency. Upon leaving office, his mid-East terrorism bureau gave warning after warning to the incoming Bush administration, all of which were ignored. Clinton also sought to take out bin Laden in 1998, and was widely criticized by the GOP for wanting to do so, as the bin Laden family was crucial to their fund raising. He launched missile strikes in Iraq, Somalia, Mogadishu, Bosnia, Chechnya, and Afghanistan, and several plots at home and abroad were foiled by the counter-terrorism bureaus established during his tenure. As for Dubya...there are too many failures to list. Ignoring the advice that could have prevented 9/11 tops my list, because the failures of Iraq, the Patriot Act, FISA, "extraordinary rendition", torture, throwing out the Geneva Convention, eliminating habeus corpus, the politicization of the Justice Department, ignoring Afghanistan, and refusing to fund troops in exchange for a withdrawal timetable are all incidents that occurred as a result of ignoring those grave and accurate warnings. Appointing Bush-loyal cronies to permanent positions in the private sector to further undermine the environment, public health and safety, and international relations are tips of a stunningly horrendous iceberg as well. Katrina. Katrina. Katrina. Apparently you’ve forgotten your history. Not only did President Clinton establish the first counter-terrorism office dealing exclusively with Al Qaeda, he successfully kept them from attacking inside the US for the remaining 7 years of his Presidency. Upon leaving office, his mid-East terrorism bureau gave warning after warning to the incoming Bush administration, all of which were ignored.

Clinton also sought to take out bin Laden in 1998, and was widely criticized by the GOP for wanting to do so, as the bin Laden family was crucial to their fund raising.

He launched missile strikes in Iraq, Somalia, Mogadishu, Bosnia, Chechnya, and Afghanistan, and several plots at home and abroad were foiled by the counter-terrorism bureaus established during his tenure.

As for Dubya…there are too many failures to list. Ignoring the advice that could have prevented 9/11 tops my list, because the failures of Iraq, the Patriot Act, FISA, “extraordinary rendition”, torture, throwing out the Geneva Convention, eliminating habeus corpus, the politicization of the Justice Department, ignoring Afghanistan, and refusing to fund troops in exchange for a withdrawal timetable are all incidents that occurred as a result of ignoring those grave and accurate warnings.

Appointing Bush-loyal cronies to permanent positions in the private sector to further undermine the environment, public health and safety, and international relations are tips of a stunningly horrendous iceberg as well.

Katrina. Katrina. Katrina.

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