bush did not get even one right sparky ! which is why he is the most hated man in the modern world .
On Jan 16, 9:45 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > This op-ed piece has it about right... And many here will wish they > could keep this fact hidden from Public Consumption... > > http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/01/obamas_revises_the_... > > >>> In Iraq, Bush rightly took criticism for all that went wrong -- the WMD > >>> fiasco, Abu Ghraib, the descent into bloody chaos in 2005-06. Then Bush > >>> goes to Baghdad to ratify the ultimate post-surge success of that > >>> troubled campaign -- the signing of a strategic partnership between the > >>> U.S. and Iraq -- and ends up dodging two size-10 shoes for his pains. > > Absorbing that insult was Bush's final service on Iraq. Whatever venom > the war generated is concentrated on Bush himself. By having > personalized the responsibility for the awfulness of the war, Bush has > done his successor a favor. Obama enters office with a strategic > success on his hands -- while Bush leaves the scene taking a shoe for > his country. > > Which is why I suspect Bush showed such equanimity during a private > farewell interview at the White House a few weeks ago. He leaves > behind the sinews of war, for the creation of which he has been so > vilified but which will serve his successor -- and his country -- well > over the coming years. The very continuation by Democrats of Bush's > policies will be grudging, if silent, acknowledgement of how much he > got right. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
