The Legacy Of George Bush Arrived
I haven’t been able to say I admire George Bush without getting a stern lecture. The George Soros angle was to scream that George Bush’s Middle East plan was a disaster… We lost… There were no WMDs.
It worked so well that it cost the Republican’s power in all levels of Congress.
Strategy is a funny thing… it takes balls. It’s hard and a teleprompter can’t mask the absence.
Bush had something Obama will never have – a STRATEGY. Not an agenda.
George Bush’s strategy was to give the Middle East a beacon of freedom they could relate to, and the people would want it. They’d eventually rise up fight for it. This area of the world has been ruled by vicious dictators for a couple of generations. They have used Islam to control their subjects, and used the terrorism as the way to deflect the blame of the hopelessness of the Islamic life. They made people believe that America was the reason they were failures.
The Democrats chose to be partners in this charade – they vilified George Bush and took the low road to power. Hate Bush – Love Us.
When was the last time you read anything about Iraq? Good or bad? Because they knew the truth was plain to see, their only hope was to bury it. Great to have the media in your corner.
Look at what Bush’s strategy caused in Iran… click here. They can’t hide or take credit for this.
I’ll say it now.. lord knows others are too intimidated to mention it…
Thank you George Bush. Iran is about to thank you.
You’ve created real hope and change. The Iranian people have seen what freedom is – and now they are finally brave enough to fight for it.
Obama… take note. America has nothing to apologize for.
June 14th, 2009 at 3:49 am
“George Bush’s strategy was to give the Middle East a beacon of freedom they could relate to, and the people would want it. They’d eventually rise up fight for it. ”
That statement clearly shows that you do not understand that the “war on terror” only further alienated moderate muslims. This is why when Obama gave his speech in Egypt he never used the word terror. I feel that it is so hard for people to understand that when you attack a group of people they rally around the flag, even when they have strong objections to the policies of their leaders. Trying to artificially instigate a revolution is a recipe for disaster.
June 14th, 2009 at 11:05 am
How do you not ‘alienate’ so called moderate Muslims?
Left to their own devices, they do not speak out, nor act, nor do much of anything save acquiesce to the radicals.
It’s a lose/lose situation for the west, act and you inflame tensions..don’t act and the silence from ‘moderate’ Muslims is deafening to the point where Islamists take it as support.
June 14th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Agreed. What “moderate Muslims” would those be, exactly?
Where can I find them…why do they remain hidden and never speak up against the radicals who give them such bad press? All it would take is one major Muslim icon to stand up and say that suicide bombers DO NOT go to Paradise and collect their 72 virgins; others would surely follow, and soon the murderous practice of suicide bombing would be lost to the terrorists.
But no, let’s not do that. It might hurt their feelings…
June 14th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Dark – the reason Obama never used the word terror is that they want the word to go away… to a community organizer there really is no such thing. Ask Bill Ayers.
The Iranian situation is exploding because of the overt signs that America is now weak. The mullahs are using the opportunity to speed up their plans, and the people realize that they are on their own now. Obama’s silence speaks for itself.
Is North Korea’s latest strategy also a coincidence? Are they are lighting up nukes because we alienated them?
The word terror is to describe what people who blow up innocent people are doing – or is there a new politically correct word for this?
I don’t see a problem with the word terror.
June 26th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Really? Bush is a fascist, Obama a socialist.
Why should the U.S. ever involve itself in international bullshit? Seriously, why? Because they will come here? No, we protect our borders and remain willing to trade with anyone that has something we want.
We stick to that and the only one’s coming to get us will be those trying to trade something with us.
“Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations–entangling alliances with none, I deem [one of] the essential principles of our government, and consequently [one of] those which ought to shape its administration.” –Thomas Jefferson: 1st Inaugural Address, 1801. ME 3:321
More from Jefferson on foreign policy::
http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff1400.htm