He responded strongly to terrorism, but protected the Saudi royal family, and got us in a second war before we finished in Iraq.
We are still there, having spent trillions. He launched a war on "terrorism" which is unwinnable and has no end. It is like the war on poverty.
According to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report published in October 2007, the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could cost taxpayers a total of $2.4 trillion by 2017 when counting the huge interest costs because combat is being financed with borrowed money.
He also brought dignity back to the office after the disgusting perversions of Bill Clinton.
And then welcomed Clinton into his family and gave him respect.
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While he did many commendable things, it remains to be seen what emerges in this process.
I hope he was not just a good president, but actually a good person too.
Life is messy and no man is perfect. Whether we remember them with respect or scorn depends on the specific acts - often behind the scenes.
Time will tell.
My primary point is that criticism of W is excessive. He also gets little credit for some important things he did. The photo shop crap of him and his wife posted here at FR and Q is frankly disgraceful and undermines the credibility of the movement.
A hobby of mine is video editing. It is very easy to extract frames with various facial expressions to create a narrative, for example, most vid today is being shot well north of 90 frames per second.
Suggesting he and his family are being arrested? Good grief...