Posted on 08/26/2015 5:08:23 PM PDT by markomalley
That was my favorite, too.
Not so much the last two years of the second presidency, as soon as the mid-term election he’s been declared Lame Duck.
Tramp is missing something called grace.
GWB was tested after 9-11 like no other president since the 60’s. Much of it he handled with grace. Overall obviously he fell short. Where he fell short wasn’t due to a lack of love of country like the present White House occupant.
The Reduction in Forces was not a REMOVAL of forces, any more than we ever removed forces from Germany. We will need that base to take out Iran, regardless of what Cheney said 20 years ago when the situation was much different.
Bush was one of the few people who had a real vision beyond just "pacify Iraq." He understood that Iran and Syria had to be dealt with . . . and still do.
The biggest mistake was not doing this in 1991.
By the way, Bush’s finest moment was surfing troops into Iraq while the gutless left and spineless right were crying like little girls to bring the troops home because the polls went south. The gutless draft dodging Trump was one of those pukes nipping at Bush’s heels. POS.
The problem with bush is he attacked the wrong country. What did they have to do with WTC on 911 ? ZIPPPPP
Almost right. We should have done Iran in 1979 when they took hostages and I was still in the Army.
The shoe guy was throwing strikes, too.
I’m sorry, did not mean to type “Tramp” for “Trump”... It really was a typo...
It had to do with stopping the new crazies from getting resources
Got to remember that in that part of the world, it would be risky to have taken a trip anyways. Plus also to throw a shoe in the Arab world is their way of giving the middle finger, so I am not surprised.
“Where he fell short wasn’t due to a lack of love of country like the present White House occupant.”
As Texas governor Dubya flew out to California back in 1994 while grassroots Californians were working hard to pass an illegal alien control act, Prop 187.
Dubya joined with Jack Kemp and Bill Bennett and various other RINO scumbags to side with illegals against the citizens of California. So yeah, he did lack love of country just like his idiot brother La Raza Jeb! The 9-11 terrorism threw a wrench in Dubya’s plan to push for amnesty even sooner than he did.
You are factually incorrect on that one.
All the United States Forces shall withdraw from all Iraqi territory no later than December 31, 2011. -- U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement, 2008 (signed on November 17, 2008 and effective on January 1, 2009)
I'm surprised there are still some people left here on FreeRepublic who actually believe the bullsh!t they were sold by their own government during the administration of George W. Bush.
They threw shoes at Saddam too.
Netter than what ISIS is bringing the world.
You’re an ill informed gutter snipe. Abu Abbas, Abu Nidal, Ansar Al Islam. Do you have any idea who they were, what their mandate was and where they were given sanctuary? We’re you cool with Hussein paying bounty for American and Israeli scalps? Sending sam’s and ackack at our Air Force?
I could go on but what’s the point, you swallowed leftist bs whole.
I got the impression he was talking as far as the press was concerned with the shoe thing.
Agreed. Very well put.
In the Arab world, the bottom of the shoe is a sign of no respect, so that is why they get thrown.
The primary mistake Bush made was attempting nation building in a third world hell hole. We should have made it our mission to take out Hussein's regime, rebuilt nothing and left. And then used that as an example to other countries like Iran what would happen if they screw with us.
Regardless, it won’t be the last time we are there. When you don’t win a war, you just go back and fight it all over again. Next time, we won’t have a base within a few hundred miles of Tehran, either.
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