How about doing the right thing because it was his responsibility to defend America against its enemies?
That's one of the reasons I admire Bush the most, and one of the reasons why I have no respect for Ron Paul. He wouldn't protect us against an infestation of fleas if it cost money and required the military to get it done.
I don’t think I said what Bush should have done.
Maybe the war in Iraq was so important that in exchange it was worth it to have Obama as President.
There are probably a lot of different things that Bush could have done that he believed very strongly in, things that he thought would be good for the country, things that would be unpopular, things that would cause Republicans to lose in 2006 and 2008 because Republicans would have to defend Bush’s unpopular policy, things that would cause Obama to be elected.