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Title: How Did President Bush leave Iraq
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Published: Oct 31, 2015
Author: How Bush Left Iraq
Post Date: 2015-10-31 09:30:26 by no gnu taxes
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With ISIS now running the whole region after the blunders of the Kenyan, it might be helpful to remember how Bush left Iraq: ***************************** 3/17/2009 In most ways, the news from Iraq couldn't be better. People there feel more secure, and are more committed to democracy, than ever. Is it possible that President Bush was right after all? A poll of average Iraqis conducted by ABC News, the BBC and Japan's NHK shows significant progress on virtually all fronts. Yet, we've heard nary a peep about it from anyone. Some 85% of respondents said their neighborhood security was good, vs. 62% a year ago and just 43% in August of 2007. And 52% said security had gotten better in the last year during the Bush-Petraeus surge, which was widely ridiculed at the time as an unnecessary escalation of the Iraq War. Support for democracy jumped to 64%, a 21-percentage-point gain since 2007, according to a report on CNSNews.com. As for how Iraqis felt about the general state of affairs in Iraq, 58% called it very good or quite good, up significantly from 43% last year and 22% in 2007. When asked what their concerns are today, Iraqis sound a lot like Americans: Jobs and prices are at the top of their list, not war, not security, not terrorism. In short, it sounds like we not only won the war, but the peace as well. And for those who cast a skeptical eye on the idea that any Islamic country could ever be democratized, it turns out the former President Bush is winning that debate too. It's become de rigueur to deride Bush's "failed" policies in Iraq. No one speaks well of them except, maybe, Iraqis. But here are the facts, stark as they are: During his vicious 20-year reign, Saddam Hussein (remember him?) killed an estimated 5% of Iraq's population. That works out to about 5,000 people a month slaughtered by the regime. You might disagree that Bush was right to depose this murderous thug. But in doing so, you would then have to defend the deaths of thousands of innocents.
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#1. To: no gnu taxes (#0)
If only that was Obama or hillary! It would have been funny! Watching hilary get smacked up side the head or Obummer try to be cool afterwards! Yes Bush should have never went into Iraq. He and his family will have to bear the cost of this political colossus failure. Well along with American soldiers.
The perpetrator would have been immediately shot where he stood. There is little difference between the D and R branches of the ruling party, that is true. But while one can muse about assassinating a Bush or otherwise causing physical harm to an R, doing likewise to a D brings immediate repercussions. Heck - late night comedians CANNOT EVEN JOKE about the boy emperor. As far as Bush vis-à-vis Iraq: We should never, ever have gone there. It was a fool's errand. But we did. So the only way it was ever going to be a success was if we stayed there (troops on the ground) indefinitely. We did not - we vacated. And the chaos that has ensued was entirely predictable.
#14. To: Rufus T Firefly (#13)
You got to wonder if the dimwits have a chip on their shoulder because of JFK? Taboo for repugs to say we would like a dimwit removed by any means necessary but its okay for dimwits to say remove a repug by any means necessary is okay! I knew obummer would be a dictator since he is a black jfk(young, skinny and able to speak even if he needs a teleprompter to do so) but without the smarts or even have 1% the knowledge of the economy that jfk had.
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#13. To: Justified (#3)
RE: shoe throwing. If only that was Obama or hillary!
Replies to Comment # 13. There is little difference between the D and R branches of the ruling party, that is true. But while one can muse about assassinating a Bush or otherwise causing physical harm to an R, doing likewise to a D brings immediate repercussions.
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