[octex]

GW Bush has the unprecedented distinction though of being a GOP POTUS with a two house majority ...
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I agree most of your posting, with the exception of what you stated above.

Dubya only had a GOP House and Senate his first six years. The last two years of his term, all of Congress was controlled by the Rats and his hands were essentially tied behind his back.

Don’t misunderstand me; I couldn’t stand 43’s squishy policies (like pushing shamnesty in 2006-07). However, he did respect our military personnel and didn’t take crap off of foreign nations that threatened the US.

[ican'tbelieveit]

I agree about the foreign relations. Foreign leaders knew what they were getting with him. Putin would never try this stuff under Bush. At least that is my fond memory of the time.

[cva66snipe]

He didn't even handle that part right. Sorry. But his Iraq policy stunk to high heavens and was U.N. driven. It didn't take a military strategist to understand that by the third night we were into a war fought by P.C. rules with end agenda as Nation Building an issue he campaigned against. OH BTW Bagdad Bob was not funny. Why wasn't it? Because orders were given to leave infrastructure intact. Wrong!, Wrong!, Wrong! Bridges, Utilities, and Communications are all military targets and should be hit first after air bases and missile systems etc.

You go to war for unconditional victory ASAP at minimal cost in lives and money to your own nation not the enemies. Go in, destroy quickly to point of threat elimination and unconditional surrender or otherwise unconditional destruction of the enemy nation. By night two Bagdad BOB's ability to go on air in any capacity should have been eliminated.

His downfall was he became obsessed with TRADE even dragging the W.O.T. into trying to give his beloved China MFNTS. BTW China did what to us his first few weeks as POTUS? And where was Uncle Prescott?

As for our military? He might have respected them but that respect did not turn into HELP for them in the way of much needed increases in Active Duty End Troop Strengths. He missed the Golden Opportunity to rebuild a military both his dad, Clinton, along with a two house GOP Majority helped to defund and decrease to a point of 4-5 deployments per almost unending enlistment obligations.

9/11 was the golden chance to say hey our nations defenses were down due to cuts. WE WERE DEPENDENT UPON FOREIGN MILITARU AID after that attack. What did he doo about that? NOTHING! He took us to war with a peace time military level ad never increased or rather asked for the needed significant increase in Active Duty Military End Troop Strengths. But perhaps the most revealing about his lack of military policies was the selection of two Sec of Defense neither of which should have ever gotten the job.

If Bush loved our military then why were our troops facing Court Martials based on the accusations of the enemies? Remember the Court Martials? Remember what Rummy did? neither do I because he did nothing. Most forget that Rummy was one of the reasons the military began the decline known as The Hollow Carter Military.