Farewell Prs. George W. Bush.. and Thank You!

It is easy to be brave when you are sending other people's children into a battle. What is there not to be brave about? Did his daughters join the military and the cause? Absolutely not. He would not even allow the media to show the coffins come into Delaware that is how chicken he was. I have not seen him perform one brave act.

Then tell me kitten, how brave was it for Bill Clinton to wage an illegal war in Bosnia? He sent soldiers to die in that war even though he himself was a coward who dodged the draft and fled the country to avoid serving in the military.

You make it sound like he plucked random children off the streets or straight out of their homes and forced them to fight. No offense to anyone, I have nothing but respect and admiration for our soliders (many of whom are family or friends of mine), but, no one forced them to join the military and when you join the military your job is to fight battles and wars. You aren't just signing up for a free education and a free paycheck - there is a price tag attached to it and when they sign on the dotted line, they are agreeing to go wherever and whenever our President and our Government decide they should. If they do not want to take that risk or put their lives on the line, then they should find a job elsewhere but don't cry to me when you have to go to war because you 'didn't realize' that's what you were getting paid to do. That is NOT the President's fault and I find it amusing that once again, people want to tag the blame for EVERYTHING on this man. Did he force anyone to join? No he did not.

He is not a coward because he did not waiver on what was the right thing to do despite what everyone else in the world wants to think. Unless you have sat in the oval office and been briefed on threats to this country, then you have no idea what he dealt with on a daily basis. He could have pulled a Clinton and done nothing - resulting in more bloodshed on U.S. soil, would that have made you happy? Just what this country needs, a President who does nothing except ... well.. we ALL know what Clinton did with his time in office. While he was playing hide-n-seek in the oval office with an intern, Osama was planning 9/11. I'll take a President GW Bush over a Clinton ANY day.

JMHO

When men and women sign up for the military, they expect their President to wage a war that is reasonable. Not send them into something that is unwinable and creates an environment of poison and death, creates more terrorism. They expect that we learned something from previous wars. They do not expect their President to say "bring it on" asking for more from the enemy. They expect the right kind of physical protection, the right kind of trucks, vests, equiptment, medical care, after care when they return home. They expect clean hospital rooms in the USA and mental health care. They expect that they and their families will get support. Another one of Bush's campagn promises was to treat the military fairly, all he did was put them to war and take, take, take away. Look at the military that have come home with physical and mental health problems. They are not getting what they deserve.

Who are you to decide why we join?

I am somewhat confused and startled how anyone can defend a President who was very inflexible during his two term tenure. Even he has stated that there would be several things that he would do different if he had the chance. No American leader should never have so much pride when it comes to negotiating peace and prosperity for all people. One of the main reasons why our economy is in complete shambles, is due to President George Bush Negligence - not creating a new infrastructure of new jobs that all Americans can be proud to own. It was unfortunate that 2001 fell on his watch, but just for the sake of argument is concerned, President-Elect Obama has to deal with so many pressing issues - he will need the help of many people that need not be inflexible in their approach to get the nation moving in the right direction.

Powermannx, I wonder if you are so hateful against the Democrats who have run Congress into the ground... or it is just a white house hate for Bush that fuels you?

Is there anything you can find where you think he was right?

Or, I'll ask it this way... Is there anything good you can say about George Bush either as a person or as a president?

While I do not agree with you, I respect your right to an opinion.

Iraq was not wrong in my opinion. It is possible to try and take care of two problems at once and Iraq was a huge problem in the making. I'm not one to want things to happen before I take action and I am not a fan of Presidents*cough cough Clinton cough* who do sit on issues until people are killed (9/11 anyone?).

There are people in Iraq that would beg to differ with you .. people who are alive thanks to the U.S. soldiers who caught Saddam.

Had someone paid attention to Osama prior to 9/11 .. the way Bush paid attention to Saddam, maybe.. just maybe the attack on the US on 9/11 wouldn't have happened.

It's easy to say it was a mistake because Bush took action and because of that action, the war taking place did not take place on U.S. soil so American's are smug and sit back saying Bush was wrong because they have no clue (thankfully) of what could have happened had Saddam been left alone - but we can look at the action, or lack thereof, that Clinton took when he was warned about Osama and see that as an example of what can happen when people do not stand up and take action when they should.

I firmly believe that had Saddam not been removed, he would have been a huge threat to this country just like Osama was.

And for what it's worth, the war for Osama was still going on at the same time the war in Iraq was getting under way. One did not stop for the other.. attention was placed in both areas to try and catch a man who already attacked and to take out a man who had the potential to attack in the future.

In my world, that's called multi-tasking and only a select few can do it.

Peace

Para-tek, in answer to your question did he do anything right. My answer is that he gave his daughter a beautiful wedding and he did not have a White House wedding. Other than that. Not one single thing did he do right, including the tax rebate.

Kitten, if Bush didn't do anything right then why did your messiah, Obama, supported his policies 40% of the time. At the very least that would mean that Obama's minions felt that Bush was right 40% of the time.

Task.. you mean Obama actually supported something for once rather than sitting silent like he did a majority of the time he was in the Senate? Amazing, with his record - I was sure he had NO thought process or opinion at all.;)

Zydeco, I never want to read you ever calling for unity behind Prs. Obama. You have no idea what the word means and it will only sound stupid coming from you.

As one of the troops who was in Southern Iraq preparing for the ground push to Baghdad to take out Hussein back in 91, I agree with you. "Diplomacy" prevented us from finishing the job back when it should have been done.

I thank you and your husband for your service to our great country and offer my condolences for his death.

If you would like, please contact me on PM, I'd love to hear more about your service and your husbands life.

The problem I have with all of this is that He talked about the war on terror but that`s a joke. Hell everybody knows that Saudi Arabia is the biggest sponsor of terror and yet we haven`t said anything or done anything about it. Lip service. Hell, I think we forget were the bulk of those terrorist came from on 9/11. Then we are in bed with Pakistan and they are also sponsors of terror.

Second the UN didn`t stop his father from getting rid of Saddam. It was oil the same as why we won`t go after the real terroist s oil. He got millions of people killed. He urged them rise up and then deserted them.Then we got troops fighting all over the world but we won`t give them the leadway to do the job. We micromanaged the generals and don`t let them do their jobs. Hell had Bush listed in the lead up to Iraq maybe we would not have lost so many lives in Iraq. Hell, he made the same mistake Hitler made trying to fight the war on two fronts.

However, he did stand up for what he believed. Anyone who won`t do that can`t call themselve a man.

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Stoltenberg is an oil hungry, terrorist a$$ kissing passifist with no spine and a puppet of a monarchy that prevents the people of norway from ever living under a true democratic process.

I'm sorry but you have to be freaking retarded to think that ONE MAN could destroy the world economy. Congress approves spending, budgets, etc., but you clearly are so ignorant that you think the president is some all powerful god who can crush the world all by himself.

I got ur point buddy. but he wasn't a kid after all. if he was than why did he be the Precedent of USA?? He can stay at home and listen to his mom. if u r at that post u have to take all responsibility of all u worker who work under u.

rezax - Did you forget that we are talking about the United States of America and not some middle eastern country where the dictator has all of the power? We have a Government for a reason and they have just as much, if not more - say in how things happen in this country than our President does. You might want to brush up on American Government - had you gone to school here, you would know these things.

I Understand u buddy completely. Do u Even Try to Understand my word?? None other than the Bush family coz all the trouble when they got the power. don't forget bout his dad. when he was in power he done the same. and u know the result. I never saw any other Precedent of USA done these much Trouble to the USA. Do u forget the 90Th war between the Arab Nations?? all those Occur When This Family Got the Power. Dude Its Democracy not A Kingdom. than how could a Precedent's Son Get the Same Power. I laugh at the Hypocrisy. If People of USA Got their Lesson than they will never chose any other member of that family.

I looked at your profile and now I understand. You don't know $hit about the American government because you're in Norway. See, Congress is where most of the power really lies. Budget, spending, taxes, regulation, that crap is congress. Congress isn't "under" the president. They are next to him. See we have three branches of government here and the president is only head of the executive branch, not the legislative or judicial branches.

"Do u forget the 90Th war between the Arab Nations?? all those Occur When This Family Got the Power."

So now it's Bush's fault that all those Arab countries want to kill each other? They're a bunch of aggressor nations that have been trying to kill each other since long before either of us were BORN. Are you too blind to realize they were all trying to kill each other in the 90s as well? I'm sure you were too young to realize Iraq and Iran were trying to wipe each other off the map in the 80s as well.

But Task.. didn't you know that regardless if it was in the 80's or 90's.. it is ALL still GW Bush's fault because everyone knows he had the power to bypass all branches of the government and control nations even before he was President.

Thanx buddy for understand my word. those who have eyes but wanna be a blind no but can show them the truth. so i will skip the talk with those kind of guys.

My favorite blonde moment was his press conference a year after Abu Ghraib and a bunch of other disasterous incidents with military contractors in Iraq, with nothing being done about it and only more contractors being hired, George Bush said that he had no idea what standards these contractrs are held to. That press conference just made me wonder what is going on in that mans mind. George Bush, what a mysterious man.

Yeah, we can all laugh at the "Bushisms".... and look forward to the Obamaisms to come!:~D

Please don't be offended by this question as I certainly mean no disrespect but are you kidding me that he "isn't arrogant"? In my opinion there's one person on theis earth who is more arrogant than "the decider" and that would be the D1ck Cheney!
Annie

Excuse me but where were you when these things happened? Were you in a jail in a third workd country? He was ineffective during Katrina, he was laughable only because he was a buffoon, and he was the most arrogant man I have ever met or seen appear publicly. Maybe you need to check the definition of the word arroagant. And I am not going to be as polite as the poster before me because you are so off target that it is just pure irony that you are allowed to post here. Laura had some class, that I will give you, George does not have the class that President-elect Obama has in the dust under the nail in his little toe.
If you are the President of the USA or frankly if you are in a position to speak, much less on TV and use the word nuclear and are told one time how to pronouce it correctly that should be the only time that you say it incorrectly. That, while incidental is only one issue that goes to his ignorance. I echo that example with Mrs. Whiner Palin who was also incapable of using that word effectively.
All of Mr. Bush's scandals were committed in his youth and swept under the rug. Rumor is one of them may have had the word abortion in it. Mrs Bush killed a young man while driving and the issue of alcohol was in question, also brushed under the rug.

Kitten, if these issues were brushed under the rug, why do you know about them?

I looked up the word, "arrogant." It means "haughty." I looked up, "haughty." It means, "having or showing great pride in oneself and disdain or contempt for others."

In the years Bush has been in office, what disdain or contempt have you witnessed from him toward anyone? Even toward all the people who have spoke evil of him, or have slandered him, I have never heard him repay evil for evil. Bush is not arrogant, he's cocky, or as the dictionary puts it, "self confident in a swaggering way."

It's ironic, Prs. Bush was never arrogant, but arrogant fools hate him.