So instead the Bush Administration decided to grant China "most favored nation" trading status, and turn them into a powerhouse economy so they could build their military. All the while they added tarriffs to our exports, willfully creating a huge trade imbalance with them. Our response was to, well, do nothing. Our grande strategy with NK and Iran seems to be about the same..... nothing.
Oh, I'm sorry, I must have imagined all those retail items saying "made from China" pre-dating Bush. So in 6 years Bush not only brought back the U.S. economy from a recession and new highs in the stock market, by golly they raised China's economy from third world status to comparable to ours in six years as well! he's been quite busy, hasn't he?
Nevermind all those other nations out there that refuse to stop dealing with Iran. One word from us and they would have stopped trading with China leaving them in that third rate economy they had before 2001. Uh-huh.
I'm sorry, I don't know how I could have missed all that.
Note, the sarcasm is deeply embedded above. When you persist in embracing stupidity for the sake of Bush bashing, don't expect anything less.