[TheRealThing]

As you all say, "Bush was President", it was his job to know the truth. Bush's lie got thousands killed. Bush said there were WMD's, and there were none. But, on the bright side, he vindicated his daddy.

Right, Bush was president and he did in fact take responsibility for the botched intelligence and the war. And I realize the best you can do is to make charges supported by nothing more than political bias to support your unfounded claims. EVERY president has to make decisions on matters on national defense based on a combination of military intel, CIA and FBI covert ops and the like. He made a decision that 29 Democrats in the senate agreed with. I remember Hillary and Kerry in particular speaking in impassioned terms in favor of invasion during speeches on the floor of the Senate. BTW, nobody forces a senator to rise in support of resolutions on the floor of the senate, they do so willingly knowing things such as this define their legacy. By today's standards a 48/29 senate majority in favor of anything is phenomenal, in fact, the only senate vote of substance I can remember that had a greater majority agreement was the 100/0 vote rejecting Obama's previous budget proposal. LOL

Unlike the present crybaby-in-chief you find so palatable, Bush--A REAL MAN-- shouldered responsibility without the slightest wiggle. Obama really cannot open his mouth without blaming the previous administration for every ill of which America suffers. Bush wouldn't even cast a pebble of blame against the intelligence community of the day, why? Because, unlike the chinless man sitting the first seat of today, he knew even good men make mistakes. Those who serve in the intelligence gathering community have saved our necks many hundreds of times and Bush knew, as any man of integrity knows, a house divided against itself cannot stand.

Obama chose to support the nation building campaign going on in Iraq as he took office. Those of the arab world, who are Islamic Extremists, who in my opinion consttitute the bulk of that religion's adherents in the middle east, want to see America and Israel wipped off the face of the earth. A fact that is unpopular among bleeding heart liberals to admit openly, yet one of which I believe our current president is well aware. As I have mentioned on here in the past. I think the nation building strategy is rediculous. There is no sacrifice we could ever make that would impress the Islamic Extremist enough to have the slightest glimmer of respect for America.

This is the foreign policy I would suggest in lieu of the failed policies of Bush and Obama. Live with the arab countries in peace unless they start to fly jet liners into US buildings or the like. At that time, and here's where I agree whole heartedly with Bush's intitial approach, go over and completely knock the crap out of the country that sponsored the terrorist activity. Then just as suddenly, pull out and leave the place in shambles, and call it the fortunes of war. If we want to maintain one or more bases of occupation as a deterrent, that would be fine, as long as it was HEAVILY fortified and defended with a zero tollerance policy. In that scenario, we could fly in all the support resources we needed and alleviate any losses sustained by all these convoys driving all over the occupied country. I understand in the case of Japan and Germany, our humanitarian efforts showed the masses our true intent was not to harm them. But, in the case of the Islamic Extremist, if everyone of us volunteered to jump into a volcano somewhere until not one American remained on the planet, it wouldn't satisfy their hatred. All they understand is force, so as long as we only respond to any attacks they would make (which, we must do) we would stay in the clear morally.