[bigbob]

Beck is probably in tears...

I think George W. Bush is a good man, and I agree he kept the nation safe after the 9/11 attacks. But there is also no question that he and his predecessor were not paying enough attention to the rise of Al Queda and bin Laden. As a nation we were unprepared and that enabled the evil-doers to hit us hard. Bush did not “lie” about the WMDs, but he did not defend himself against that allegation, which allowed many (probably most) people to think he did. Another mistake was the “mission acccomplished” photo op, the Abu Grahib abuses, and more mistakes that Bush cannot escape responsibilty for, despite the fact that I respect him and his Presidency.

Point being, W has been smart in living a private life and staying out of politics until now. But once he campaigns for his brother, he becomes fair game. Trump was prepared for that and decided to launch a preemptive attack.

We’ve had enough Bushes. The people know it and Trump just reinforced the reasons why.

[KC_for_Freedom]

I was a “W” supporter, I was most impressed with his empathy for the cadets killed and injured in the A&M bonfire failure.

However, the biggest mistake he made was taking Iraq without a plan for the aftermath. In retrospect, he could have gone in, and left when the war turned into a street fight. He needed to keep the army for internal control and his plan to put a bureaucrat in charge was a total failure. But finally, he did not understand the mindset of the nation. His plan was to show them the virtue of democracy and watch as they embraced it. Hell, they did not even embrace us as liberators.

Good points about the pre-911 failures. We were warned by the first trade center bombing and the perps made multiple dry runs. As Trump says, we need to have borders and enforcement if we are a country.

[PA Engineer]

Agreed with all you said. I would add the Bojinka Plot to the list. This showed a lack of imagination. 9/11 was no Black Swan. There was plenty of blame (most) to go back to the Clinton years.

President Bush had a responsibility to correct those lapses. He never once pushed back.

[Moonman62]

I think George W. Bush is a good man, and I agree he kept the nation safe after the 9/11 attacks.

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If W gets the credit for the safety after 9/11, he should get the blame for the attacks, too.

[haircutter]

I liked George W. but lost respect for him when he allowed the Hussein Obama bunch trash him daily...never once answered, said he was respecting the Office of POTUS...

When someone can stand up and defend them selves that is all it took for me to say...NO MORE BUSH'ES ...WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH.THE ENTIRE FAMILY HAS LIVED POLITICS ALL THEIR LIVES AS HAS THE CLINTON TRIBE...AND I FOR ONE AM SICK AND TIRED OF LYING POLITICIANS...

Donald J. Trump has rough edges...but that is him, I will support him for the ideas he has bought forth, can't be any worst that Hussein Obama has been and hey...give him four years if he doesn't do as he says, then get some one else..

I'm also ashamed of the GOP and RNC and was at one time a supporter of both organizations...NO LONGER...AND AFTER BEING A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN FOR 55 YEARS. I WILL SWITCH TO INDEPENDENT AFTER THE 2016 PRIMARY. I DIDN'T LEAVE THEM, THEY LEFT ME...

[Liz]

MUST ADD TO YOUR INVALUABLE LIST:

Bush estimated the Iraq strike would cost $50-60 billion.......then an angry Bush fired advisor Larry Lindsey because Lindsay dared to say the war might cost more like $100 billion.

That was in 2007 dollars.

FAST FORWARD TO TODAY Iraq and Afghanistan today have cost the US some $3 TRILLION....and rivers of young blood.

We/re still pouring US tax dollars into those decrepit Mideast countries, and..... as Donald says....we got NOTHING in return.