Posted on 02/20/2023 9:16:26 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
And Iran was the big winner in our War on Iraq.
Gore probably would have gotten us into war as well. They basically flipped a coin to see which party would be the opposition.
Pretty much, yes. He dinged Reagan for his tax cuts, and offered no reason why. The tax revenue to the government went way up after those cuts, so the only reason one wouldn’t like them is that they didn’t like Capitalism and free markets.
That says more about Cohen than it does about Reagan.
> First term was decent. <
I won’t even give him that. Right after 9/11 George W. Bush decided to “nation-build” in Afghanistan instead of carrying out a quick, sharp punitive mission.
Then it got worse. He invaded Iraq while Afghanistan was still simmering. We were no longer undeniably the good guys. And the Muslims were no longer undeniably the bad guys (for many people, anyway).
It would like if FDR decided to invade neutral Spain in the middle of fighting Germany and Japan. And then got all bogged down.
I will never forgive Bush II for all the misery he caused. And for what? For nothing.
The first George Bush ….Reagan’s biggest mistake…
Excellent point. Unfortunately, it’s still that way. The bottom feeding Dung Beetles in the DNC’s “yellowstream media” wanted so bad to bring down Trump but couldn’t lay a glove on him. So, instead, that are taking it out on Caucasian, non-Dung Beetle Americans. They have painted the finest and most giving people in the world as being the most evil people on the planet.
I can't argue with your logic; it's a very good point.
We just don't know what the final bill is going to be for the damage we've done in Iraq; there may be more American blood to be shed.
Deep state actually. Designed to cause ware and make military industrial complex much richer.
Was he an adult when Carter held office? Because even as a young adult, it was obvious he was a disaster. I grew up a Democrat because of my maternal grandmother’s influence, but when it came time to vote for Carter’s re-election, my first Presidential, I couldn’t do it. And have voted Republican since.
Scooter Libby
We inadvertently shot down one of their Airbuses.
We should have done a lot more to them given their actions in Iraq.
The tax cuts helped us to afford the cost of raising our childrens.
The article not so much about Bush. Treats it as a given that Trump’s presidency was bad. All in all a very shallow article, with little meat to back up its conclusions.
Why?
I despise LBJ for how he handled the Vietnam situation. But I will cut him a bit of slack on one thing. He really had nothing to guide him except the Korean War. And there we fought communism to a stalemate.
On the other hand, George W. Bush had all the lessons of Vietnam right in front of him. And yet Bush went ahead and repeated almost every one of LBJ’s mistakes.
I despise LBJ. But I’ll kick that feeling up a notch when it comes to George W. Bush.
You need to evaluate them in the same time period. Carter during 2000-2008 was a lot more liberal than Carter during 1976-1980.
Correct. Iraq and Saddam kept Iran in serious check. Huge Bush blunder to destroy that dynamic.
Trump should have run in 2000. (He was likely still a liberal democrat, though) Trump, along with 9/11 would have got the border secure with none of the saudi knob slobbing special breaks they received under Mush.
You are BAD!
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