Posted on 03/03/2004 1:45:51 PM PST by 11th_VA
The following appeared in the Durham, N.C., local paper as a letter to the editor on Feb. 15, 2004.
Liberals claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war. They complain about his prosecution of it. One liberal recently claimed Bush was the worst president in U.S. history. Let's clear up one point: We didn't start the war on terror. Try to remember, it was started by terrorists BEFORE 9/11!
Let's look at the "worst" president and mismanagement claims:
FDR led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us: Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per year.
Truman finished that war and started one in Korea. North Korea never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, an average of 18,333 per year.
John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5800 per year.
Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent. Bosnia never attacked us. He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.
In the two years since terrorists attacked us, President Bush has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled Al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Lybia, Iran and North Korea without firing a shot and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people. We lost 600 soldiers, an average of 300 a year. Bush did all this abroad while not allowing another terrorist attack at home.
Worst president in history? Think about it!
Submitted by Ethel Bontrager
I'll agree with that. Lots of blood on those hands.
FDR led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us: Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per year. (they were allies. We had to fight both.)
Truman finished that war and started one in Korea. North Korea never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, an average of 18,333 per year. (that was an immoral war. But how does that justify another one?)
John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5800 per year. (true. and Johnson did it under a fake attack against the US, just like Bush Jr. and Iran)
Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent. Bosnia never attacked us. (he stopped a genocide and it WAS with a UN peacekeeping force. Clueless writer.) He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions. (we arent in the business of murder no matter what he wants to say.)
In the two years since terrorists attacked us, President Bush has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, (have you seen the headlines lately? The Taliban is making a huge comeback) crippled Al-Qaida (true, but they did bomb London and Madrid), put nuclear inspectors in Lybia, Iran and North Korea (I believe that was the UN, which was alos the UN that said Iraq had no weapons. You cant have it both ways) without firing a shot and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people. We lost 600 soldiers,(thats over 2000 now with no end is sight. But why lose any at all? He had to lie to get us into war. How is that justified?) an average of 300 a year. Bush did all this abroad while not allowing another terrorist attack at home.
Wrong! read your history and get it right OM, Warren Hardin was the worst.
Jimmy Carter was a honest man and had the most open administration...
Warren Harding, John Wesley Hardin. Get it right.
I think in terms of reasoning ability and lack of judgment, the worst president of the 20th century is really beyond dispute. James Earl Carter didn't do a single thing right during his presidency. He ran when he should have fought, surrendered when he should have negotiated, micro-managed when he should have been hands off, and exercised 'command and control' when he should have been 'laissez faire'.
Ask your teacher about run-on sentences, and when to omit Mr. Apostrophe.
William Henry Harrison
Worst President ever. The guy accomplished nothing as President!
Don't let facts cloud you're vision of a perfect liberal world, Lord knows they don't....
Still Jimmuh Carter.
Lyndon Johnson?
James Buchanan?
Bill Clinton?
John Kennedy?
Jimmy Carter?
Do I see a pattern emerging??
People forget how bad things were in 1980.
Kennedy totally mismanaged the Bay of Pigs; he was responsible for the coup that overthrew Diem and destablized the country in a way that required Johnson to send in troops. As to the theory that JFK would have pulled out troops if he had lived, He would have been faced with the same mess that Johnson faced.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA ... That's funny
May I suggest reading this
You nap with the worms. And the average IQ of the planet just went up.
Don't forget the peanut farmer's lusting issues....and his never ending hemorrhoid attacks....he was a mess from top to bottom...litterally....
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