So why is Obama following Bush's policy in Iraq??? And in wiretapping??? But alas, to the Lefty Missionaries who view the world in black and white -- Bush is the the Devil, and Obama is Jesus Christ... Of course the world never was in black and white...
On Jan 16, 10:58 am, "liberal mike532 !" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
