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I suppose the end of the Carter doctrine and the beginning of the Reagan years didn't qualify as a grand scheme in this termite's mind.

Laying waste to a super-power in less than eight years through peaceful means, setting a new economic policy that would essentially see another twenty plus years of prosperity befall this nation, and setting a moral tone that would have seen this nation start the new millinium with high morals, if only 'scratch and sniff' hadn't been elected, weren't worthy of an honorable mention.

Why is Bush policy worthy of all this praise, the intoning of 'sage status' regarding it's merit? Why hell, it's because he's spending on a level only rivaled by Roosevelt, and has made it pefectly clear that he'll bend over backwards for those who are stripping regions of this nation of it's wealth.

In addition Bush is laying the foundation for additional 60 year programs that will lay waste to the possibility of us every getting out from under the big nanny-state. At least this termite was smart enough to glom onto one of his own.

Reagan was the one who saw the Cold War through to its completion -- as such he was working within the framework of the "grand strategy" established by Roosevelt and Truman (I'm not sure why only Roosevelt and not also Truman get credit for the post WWII grand strategy). At least that's what I'm assuming Gaddis would say.

"Why hell, it's because he's spending on a level only rivaled by Roosevelt"

Not true if you go by a % of GDP. Not even close ! Spending under Reagan was 25% of GDP and under Bush it's 17.6%.

I'm not defending spending but lets keep the facts correct !

Funny you should mention the Carter Doctrine. There really was an official policy called that. It stated that the Persian Gulf was a vital American strategic interest and comitted us to defend it. He even created the Rapid Deployment Force to do the job. Funny how the "No War for Oil" crowd forgets who was the first American president to formalize war for oil as a US policy.

Gee, one good article about Bush and you rush right in to trash him.

What a game - see who can rant about Bush the most!

I am getting a little tired of all the Bush bashing - in fact - turned off Hannity/Colmes, Scarborough, Greta and watched a movie.

If the man had done great harm to American citizens I could understand but what did he do?

Defended America when under attack, took the war to the terrorists, put all nations on notice that if they harbor terrorists, they too will be considered a terrorist nation, put Bin Laden in a cave, captured Saddam, freed a nation from a murdering, torturing leader, and is in the process of bringing a chance for freedom to Afghanistan and Iraq, reorganized American government to provide methods of insuring the safety of the homeland.

Gee - I can really see why Americans hate him - that includes the Bush-bashing "conservatives?".

They much, much prefer men like Clinton, Kerry. Men that will do all in their power to turn this nation over to the U.N. to lead, will welcome terrorists into our country and only put them in jail if caught killing American citizens.