Posted on 01/16/2009 4:50:57 PM PST by jazusamo
Whatever history's verdict on the Bush administration might be, it is likely to be very different from what we hear from the talking heads on television or read from the know-it-alls on editorial pages.
President Bush's number one achievement was also the number one function of government— to protect its citizens. Nobody on September 11, 2001 believed that there would never be another such attack for more than seven years.
Unfortunately, people who are protected from dangers often conclude that there are no dangers. This is most painfully visible among those Americans who are hysterical over the government's intercepting international phone calls, in order to disrupt international terrorist networks.
Many, especially among the intelligentsia, are also obsessed with whether we are being nice enough to the cut-throats locked up at Guantanamo, some of whom have already been turned loose to resume a life of terrorism. The rights of the Geneva Convention do not apply to people who neither obey the Geneva Convention nor are covered by the Geneva Convention.
That a President of the United States protected us from deadly enemies may not seem like much of an accomplishment to some. But it may be more fully appreciated when we get a President who eases up on that protection, in order to curry favor at home and abroad.
We can only hope that it will not take the sight of an American city lying in radioactive ruins to wake people up to the dangers that George W. Bush protected us against, despite an unending chorus of carping.
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“President Bush’s number one achievement was also the number one function of government— to protect its citizens.”
Amen! Amen! Amen! Big Government? Get OUT of my way and do YOUR job, so I can do mine. (You know, that ‘Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness’ stuff you’re always denying me?)
Thanks, JAZ. Thanks, Dr. Sowell. :)
A big AMEN to that, Diana!
Pity Mr. Sowell couldn’t have been “the one.”
Really! That’s what frustrates me to no end.
Lead. Follow. Or get OUT of my way, LOL!
Bump to the music. Thanks!
There’s so many of us that feel the same, they are direct opposites.
One of the only functions of gubmint IS to protect its citizens. Hardly an achievement.
I guess you Wisconsins know all about Big Gubmint. Am I wrong?
That reads like a Joel Rosenberg novel. His books are awesome.
No one in his right mind would say that the Bush administration was flawless. But many of their worst political mistakes were the kinds of mistakes that decent people often make when dealing with indecent people, both domestically and internationally.
Amen.
We may never know what was the threat but this is true.
About promoting home ownership. Bush was in the chorus but did sound a warning. Can't do both.
Yes. I'll miss him.
Sowell writes so-well. One of my favorites. But I believe it should be Geneva Conventions, not Convention.
As will many of us, especially with the way the honorability of his replacement looks.
Oh, my, has Dr. Sowell ever nailed it with that comment!
I see the troll has been banned. What did you do to him? LOL!
Ultimately, I think this was what lead to McCain getting the GOP nomination and to Hussein winning the Presidency. Had it not been for Sarah Palin, I have serious doubts as to whether I would have voted for him.
I hear you. Without Sarah Palin the election would surely have been a blowout.
Thanks for the ping jaz. Dr. Sowell is a national treasure. A bright spot in all the slime.
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