[A message]

A weaker leader would have gone to the United Nations Security Council and sought a negotiated settlement with Kabul.

We now have that weak President in 0bama.

SHTF sooner than later.

[truemiester]

WOW

Great article.

And from a Brit, no less.

I am speechless

[Charles Henrickson]

Harry Truman had low ratings when he left office. The appreciation for him grew over the years. Perhaps this will be true also for W.

My main criticism of President Bush has been on domestic spending, not on Iraq or the War on Terror--although his administration has not done a good job of *selling* those things, communicating the message.

[jveritas]

Excellent article.

God Bless President Bush and our brave troops.

[Clairity]

Amazing, someone actually gives President Bush the credit he richly deserves.

[Eagles6]

Good post.

[Salvation]

This I will ALWAYS remember:

"Either you are with us or you are for the terrorists."
~~George W. Bush

[mkjessup]

Well now, let's review:

Of the three legs of the 'Axis of Evil', how many are left?

- North Korea, still alive and kickin' and Comrade Chia Pet retains whatever nuclear capability he had before the so-called 'Six Party Talks' started, and hundreds of thousands of North Koreans remain sold out by this Administration, by validating the genocidal regime in Pyongyang via abovementioned 'talks'.

- Iran, who we were told by our illustrious Commander-in-Chief, 'would not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon', is all but nuclear capable and this Administration has again (as in the case of North Korea) done essentially nothing to inhibit Tehran from achieving it's goals.

Add to the above the continued failure to enforce the integrity of our southern borders, the failure to round up and deport the 14+ million illegals that murder, rape, rob and pillage American citizens each and every day (not to mention refusing to pardon two Border Patrol Agents who had no business being railroaded into prison), and an increasingly intrusive and oppressive 'Department of Homeland Security' that trashes our individual freedoms detailed in the Bill of Rights as they see fit, and operate with little if any effective oversight.

So before anyone drops to their knees in classic worship of GWB to sing his praises, don't forget about his more than substantial failures.

[Blue State Insurgent]

And that ain't the half of it.

[lowbridge]

bump

[happy2bamerican]

being a very proud former soldier, who joined after seeing Iraq firing scuds at Israel and others, I was was mad as hell. That night I decided to join the Army, hoping to be deployed to help in the mission. I was 27 yrs old. my career ended almost 5 yrs later. I was devastated. I wanted to make it my life. the point I'm trying to make is that it's not the president or any other elected official. It's the soldiers that are fighting this "war". I respect the president very much. he's got the hardest job in the USA. but way to many soldiers are dying and just as bad the ones coming back in need of VA services aren't getting it. I heard it from one of the top VA rep's on Dr. Phil, there are 800,000 complaints back logged. that's almost the same number that have returned..please reply someone..I hope I'm not the only former disabled soldier that knows the fight their in for..took me 8 yrs...I honestly believed the VA system was my friend..thought they would take care of my serious injury that has replaced the army career that I had all planned out..trust me please any soldier needing help from the VA, call a state representative..I would love to give some advice to any soldier trying to get medical help. The VA rep's are famous for finding a way to make an official finding saying your medical problem is prior service, unless they cant get away w/ that because it's too obvious..If u have PTSD..which some where between 90% & 99% serving soldiers return to the US from Iraq have symptoms of PTSD..And a large number need help as soon as they return because of the high number of suicides due to their PTSD. The VA says u have a mental health problem and your symptoms are in your mind.If I've offended anybody too bad, I'm sure you've never served our great nation.

[ContraryMary]

Great article! History will view Bush kindly. He has truly made the world a safer place.

[Erik Latranyi]

...the fact remains that Bush's aggressive strategy actually worked.

Not aggressive enough for some, yet too aggressive for others.

The de-spining of the West is well underway. Our children are weaker than their predecessors.

[nuconvert]

“America’s 43rd president did after all directly liberate more people (over 60 million) from tyranny than any leader since Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt.”

The liberals can’t accept this. They point to the thousands of Iraqis who were killed rather than the millions who were freed.

While I like and generally agree with Nile Gardiner, I think he underestimates the Iranian regime when he says, “ The memory of the invasion of Iraq and the unequivocal message that sent is by far the most effective deterrent to Tehran developing a nuclear weapon.”

[Theodore R.]

I suppose there has been some progress, but the American people don’t know that or believe. Ramos and Compean will remain the visible evidence of the failure of GWB’s “compassionate conservatism”.