“It was recalibrated during the occupation of Iraq, when US forces led by General Petraeus sponsored an El Salvador-style dirty war of sectarian death squads to weaken the Iraqi resistance”
Who do you think the author is referring to as the Iraqi resistance. He is referring to Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), and the Surge in the author’s opinion was a Latin American style death squad campaign against AQI. An AQI renamed itself ISIS, they are one in the same.
” I can’t get over how so many freepers think they have a duty to defend George Bush, the most liberal Republican president in a century. If Bush is so great, why aren’t you for his brother this year, so Jeb can continue the Bush greatness in the White House?”
Grow up. Those are the sentiments of a child. If you knew any history you would know that in the Conservative Republican rankings W would rank Third behind Reagan and Coolidge. But you would have to be someone who doesn’t need Cliff Notes to read a Bill O’Reilly book to know that.
in the Conservative Republican rankings W would rank Third behind Reagan and Coolidge
Bush left us with the biggest deficits in history. He left us with the worst economic recession since Herbert Hoover left office. He expanded Medicare massively - a staggering increase in unaffordable entitlements. And he teamed up with Teddy Kennedy for a bigger federal takeover of our schools, called “No Child Left Behind.” And abroad, he spent more than $1 trillion to oust Iran’s enemy (Saddam) and turn Iraq over to a Shiite government that is Iran’s biggest ally.
George Bush was a disastrous president - and his failure elected Obama. If you like him, you’re part of the problem. But the vast majority of Americans recognize him as a terrible president. That’s why the GOP never has Bush at its conventions. Unlike Reagan - if Reagan was alive, they’d have him at all the GOP Conventions. Bush, they hid e away. And voters are voting against George Bush, vicariously, by giving Jeb such tiny poll numbers.
BS... GW Bush was continuing the NWO progression of his Father and Clinton. Hardly a conservative, more of a liar.