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Tough to choose only 5 among:
# False Premise for Going to War
# Controversial Assertion of Executive Power
# 45 Million Americans Without Health Insurance
# Politicization of Department of Justice
# No Robust, Sustained Alternative Energy Policy
# Skyrocketing Deficit
# Too Close to the Edge on Torture
# Hurricanes Expose FEMA Woes
# SEC Allows Investment Banks To Go Unregulated
5. Bush comforted the comfortable and afflicted the afflicted. The Bush years were the ultimate test of trickle-down economics, the theory that says the government should favor the rich because the benefits will flow down to the rest of us. The results of that experiment are clear: We've had the weakest job growth since the 1930s. We've had the biggest increase in debt ever. We've had the highest share of national income going to profits since the 1920s. Income inequality has soared while our public and private investment has slowed to a trickle. Instead of building a fundamentally sound economy, Bush nurtured a Ponzi economy based on get-rich-quick schemes.
4. Bush rewarded incompetence. Because politics and personal loyalty were all that counted, Bush appointed incompetent people to vital jobs. He hired interns to run Iraq. He hired a horse expert to run the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He wanted to hire Harriett Miers to be a Supreme Court justice. Top jobs were reserved for sycophants, toadies and failures.
3. Bush lied us into war. Every argument for war against Iraq was a delusion, and hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost as a result.Saddam Hussein was not responsible for 9/11 in any way. He was not a danger to the United States. The Bush administration ignored or dismissed mountains of evidence that showed that Saddam was not building an arsenal of chemical or nuclear weapons. Bush rushed to war without giving diplomacy or weapons inspectors a chance. Later, administration officials blew the cover of a CIA employee whose husband told the truth, and then lied about their involvement.
2. Bush has exposed himself to war crime charges. By his own admission, Bush authorized interrogation practices that are illegal under U.S. and international law. His administration at best looked the other way and at worst ordered prisoners at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib to be tortured. Not only is torture an immoral and heinous crime against humanity, it is ineffective in the fight against terrorism. Nothing has given Osama bin Laden more support than Bush's immorality. And our nation's reputation has been tarnished, possibly forever.
1. Bush weakened our democracy. Bush has embraced a theory of dictatorship. Bush, under Vice President Dick Cheney's guidance, encouraged an imperial presidency answerable to no one. Working with a complacent Congress, Bush gutted the constitutional checks and balances that are supposed to keep any part of the government from growing too powerful or too corrupt. In the name of an endless war against an amorphous enemy, he canceled our most fundamental rights of habeas corpus and the right to be free from unreasonable government spying.
# False Premise for Going to War
# Controversial Assertion of Executive Power
# 45 Million Americans Without Health Insurance
# Politicization of Department of Justice
# No Robust, Sustained Alternative Energy Policy
# Skyrocketing Deficit
# Too Close to the Edge on Torture
# Hurricanes Expose FEMA Woes
# SEC Allows Investment Banks To Go Unregulated
5. Bush comforted the comfortable and afflicted the afflicted. The Bush years were the ultimate test of trickle-down economics, the theory that says the government should favor the rich because the benefits will flow down to the rest of us. The results of that experiment are clear: We've had the weakest job growth since the 1930s. We've had the biggest increase in debt ever. We've had the highest share of national income going to profits since the 1920s. Income inequality has soared while our public and private investment has slowed to a trickle. Instead of building a fundamentally sound economy, Bush nurtured a Ponzi economy based on get-rich-quick schemes.
4. Bush rewarded incompetence. Because politics and personal loyalty were all that counted, Bush appointed incompetent people to vital jobs. He hired interns to run Iraq. He hired a horse expert to run the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He wanted to hire Harriett Miers to be a Supreme Court justice. Top jobs were reserved for sycophants, toadies and failures.
3. Bush lied us into war. Every argument for war against Iraq was a delusion, and hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost as a result.Saddam Hussein was not responsible for 9/11 in any way. He was not a danger to the United States. The Bush administration ignored or dismissed mountains of evidence that showed that Saddam was not building an arsenal of chemical or nuclear weapons. Bush rushed to war without giving diplomacy or weapons inspectors a chance. Later, administration officials blew the cover of a CIA employee whose husband told the truth, and then lied about their involvement.
2. Bush has exposed himself to war crime charges. By his own admission, Bush authorized interrogation practices that are illegal under U.S. and international law. His administration at best looked the other way and at worst ordered prisoners at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib to be tortured. Not only is torture an immoral and heinous crime against humanity, it is ineffective in the fight against terrorism. Nothing has given Osama bin Laden more support than Bush's immorality. And our nation's reputation has been tarnished, possibly forever.
1. Bush weakened our democracy. Bush has embraced a theory of dictatorship. Bush, under Vice President Dick Cheney's guidance, encouraged an imperial presidency answerable to no one. Working with a complacent Congress, Bush gutted the constitutional checks and balances that are supposed to keep any part of the government from growing too powerful or too corrupt. In the name of an endless war against an amorphous enemy, he canceled our most fundamental rights of habeas corpus and the right to be free from unreasonable government spying.
source(s):
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/seven-most-horrible-things-about/stor...{364DFD37-1A69-46D3-BA45-A24095FD1666}
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/seven-most-horrible-things-about/stor...{364DFD37-1A69-46D3-BA45-A24095FD1666}
1. Fight against terror
He squandered an enormous opportunity to unify most of the world behind an international effort to stop terrorism. Mr. Bush took, in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the greatest worldwide outpouring of goodwill the United States has enjoyed at least since World War II and threw it away by insisting on pursuing a foolish go-it-almost-alone invasion of Iraq, thereby transforming almost universal support for the United States into worldwide condemnation.
2. 'Pre-emptive war'
He promoted the concept of "preemptive war." Mr. Bush misled (to use the most charitable word and interpretation) the American public about weapons of mass destruction and supposed ties to al-Qaeda in Iraq and so into a war that plainly (and entirely predictably) made the United States less secure, caused a boom in the recruitment of terrorists, killed American military personnel needlessly, sucked up almost all the nation's available military forces and became a bottomless pit for the money of American taxpayers. And, through all of this, he set a terrible precedent for other nations to launch wars.
3. Economic policies
He pursued disastrous economic policies that have resulted in a concentration of wealth and income at the very top and thrust the United States and the world into the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression. Mr. Bush inherited an annual federal budget surplus of $230-billion and transformed it into a $500+ billion deficit. He sharply reduced taxes on the very wealthy, helping to return the income shares going to the hyper-rich to the levels they had last reached at the end of the 1920s. This, combined with his opposition to regulation, has led to a reprise of 1929, along with a massive debt to be passed on to future generations.
4. Trashed the constitution
In the name of "security," Mr. Bush severely curtailed the very American freedoms that the nation's military people are supposed to be fighting to defend. Proclaiming himself to be a "conservative," he maintained that big government should be able to run roughshod over the Bill of Rights, and that the government must have all sorts of secrets from the people, but the people can be allowed no privacy from the government. He played directly into the hands of Osama bin Laden by changing the United States in ways far beyond anything the terrorists could have accomplished directly on their own. He endorsed torture and holding people prisoner without charges. The list goes on.
5. 'Gulf coast war'
Mr. Bush demonstrated the total incompetence of his administration through his and its utter failure to respond to one of the worst natural disasters in United States history, Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He looked the other way while a great city, New Orleans, drowned and then praised the incompetent cronies he had appointed to deal with disasters, even as they utterly mismanaged the situation.
He squandered an enormous opportunity to unify most of the world behind an international effort to stop terrorism. Mr. Bush took, in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the greatest worldwide outpouring of goodwill the United States has enjoyed at least since World War II and threw it away by insisting on pursuing a foolish go-it-almost-alone invasion of Iraq, thereby transforming almost universal support for the United States into worldwide condemnation.
2. 'Pre-emptive war'
He promoted the concept of "preemptive war." Mr. Bush misled (to use the most charitable word and interpretation) the American public about weapons of mass destruction and supposed ties to al-Qaeda in Iraq and so into a war that plainly (and entirely predictably) made the United States less secure, caused a boom in the recruitment of terrorists, killed American military personnel needlessly, sucked up almost all the nation's available military forces and became a bottomless pit for the money of American taxpayers. And, through all of this, he set a terrible precedent for other nations to launch wars.
3. Economic policies
He pursued disastrous economic policies that have resulted in a concentration of wealth and income at the very top and thrust the United States and the world into the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression. Mr. Bush inherited an annual federal budget surplus of $230-billion and transformed it into a $500+ billion deficit. He sharply reduced taxes on the very wealthy, helping to return the income shares going to the hyper-rich to the levels they had last reached at the end of the 1920s. This, combined with his opposition to regulation, has led to a reprise of 1929, along with a massive debt to be passed on to future generations.
4. Trashed the constitution
In the name of "security," Mr. Bush severely curtailed the very American freedoms that the nation's military people are supposed to be fighting to defend. Proclaiming himself to be a "conservative," he maintained that big government should be able to run roughshod over the Bill of Rights, and that the government must have all sorts of secrets from the people, but the people can be allowed no privacy from the government. He played directly into the hands of Osama bin Laden by changing the United States in ways far beyond anything the terrorists could have accomplished directly on their own. He endorsed torture and holding people prisoner without charges. The list goes on.
5. 'Gulf coast war'
Mr. Bush demonstrated the total incompetence of his administration through his and its utter failure to respond to one of the worst natural disasters in United States history, Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He looked the other way while a great city, New Orleans, drowned and then praised the incompetent cronies he had appointed to deal with disasters, even as they utterly mismanaged the situation.
Where's my handout? I wish I would have built my house in a hurricane zone to get a new 130,000 dollar home. The city new it was going to be hit time and time again, they could have built the city of freeloaders on top of a huge dirt pile which could have been trucked in well above sea level, hundreds of years ago.
7. Bush politicized parts of the government that should be nonpartisan.
1. Bush squandered the budget surplus.
2. Bush comforted the comfortable and afflicted the afflicted.
3. Bush rewarded incompetence. s.
4. Bush lied us into war.
5. Bush has exposed himself to war crime charges.
6. Bush weakened our democracy.
1. Bush squandered the budget surplus.
2. Bush comforted the comfortable and afflicted the afflicted.
3. Bush rewarded incompetence. s.
4. Bush lied us into war.
5. Bush has exposed himself to war crime charges.
6. Bush weakened our democracy.
source(s):
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/seven-most-horrible-things-about/stor...{364DFD37-1A69-46D3-BA45-A24095FD1666}
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/seven-most-horrible-things-about/stor...{364DFD37-1A69-46D3-BA45-A24095FD1666}
1) Everything.
2) Enter Iraq.
3) Enter Afghanistan.
4) Encourage Sarah Palin.
5) Allow canned hunting in Texas.
2) Enter Iraq.
3) Enter Afghanistan.
4) Encourage Sarah Palin.
5) Allow canned hunting in Texas.
source(s):
I read newspapers from all over the world.
I read newspapers from all over the world.
NOTE: This is not a partisan response as per the questions instructions. I'm simple stating what I think most people would consider the "worst things" Bush did. Please don't take this to mean I'm anti-republican.
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The biggest failures of his presidency will probably be remembered as:
a) Iraq war
b) Economy
c) Torture
d) Not preventing 9/11
e) Not capturing and killing Bin Laden
The Iraq War was horribly executed, and knowing what we know now (and the Bush administration knew back then) it was unnecessary. We could have easily waited out Saddam, and certainly we could have waited for more global support if we had to go to war. The world has been waiting out North Korea, Iraq and Cuba and this is clearly a better strategy than going to war in terms of cost, lives, stability and the bottom line.
In terms of the economy Bush and his team really screwed up by allowing the mortgage crisis to go on while blowing a large amount of our resources on the war.
America was the country that stood for human rights. Eleanor Roosevelt worked tirelessly to make the United Declaration of Human Rights a reality and for the US government to condone torture is a very sad de-evolution.
Finally, a harder working president might have been able to prevent 9/11. Bush's work ethic was unimpressive to say the least. Not capturing Bin Laden is also a major failure of the Bush presidency since it was a stated goal.
All that being said, since 9/11 there hasn't been an attack on American soil and I attribute that to Bush and his team's aggressive work.
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Note: I'm most easily described as libertarian from what people tell me since I'm for a) personal freedoms, b) less government and c) conservative fiscal policy.
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The biggest failures of his presidency will probably be remembered as:
a) Iraq war
b) Economy
c) Torture
d) Not preventing 9/11
e) Not capturing and killing Bin Laden
The Iraq War was horribly executed, and knowing what we know now (and the Bush administration knew back then) it was unnecessary. We could have easily waited out Saddam, and certainly we could have waited for more global support if we had to go to war. The world has been waiting out North Korea, Iraq and Cuba and this is clearly a better strategy than going to war in terms of cost, lives, stability and the bottom line.
In terms of the economy Bush and his team really screwed up by allowing the mortgage crisis to go on while blowing a large amount of our resources on the war.
America was the country that stood for human rights. Eleanor Roosevelt worked tirelessly to make the United Declaration of Human Rights a reality and for the US government to condone torture is a very sad de-evolution.
Finally, a harder working president might have been able to prevent 9/11. Bush's work ethic was unimpressive to say the least. Not capturing Bin Laden is also a major failure of the Bush presidency since it was a stated goal.
All that being said, since 9/11 there hasn't been an attack on American soil and I attribute that to Bush and his team's aggressive work.
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Note: I'm most easily described as libertarian from what people tell me since I'm for a) personal freedoms, b) less government and c) conservative fiscal policy.
I believe in less government too, but it's a shame that any other party would not be talked about when it comes to preventing 9-11. Bush stopped any further terrorist attacks on this nation, and a few brave men and women took the fight to another country so it wouldn't happen on our soil. I believe it was a mistake to go into debt so much for war, but I sure as hell would not give any other president of another party ( Obama) so much ridicule, just so Americans can feel good about pointing fingers of hate and blame.
@Nat209 I think folks--both republicans and democrats--give Bush a really hard time based on the fact that his performance was lower than most president's AND he did't communicate with the people. He didn't do interviews or answer hard questions, and he didn't really create a sense of togetherness with the people like Reagan.
Poor communications combined with poor performance is what lead to Bush's reputation.
All that being said, I think the American people respect and love our troops for what they do for us. American's seem smart enough to separate what the failures of the administration from the dedication of our troops.
Peace and love, Jason
Poor communications combined with poor performance is what lead to Bush's reputation.
All that being said, I think the American people respect and love our troops for what they do for us. American's seem smart enough to separate what the failures of the administration from the dedication of our troops.
Peace and love, Jason
Iraq war
Afghanistan misadventure
Economic mismanagement
Fooling the American masses
Gay rights and playing with religion
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Afghanistan misadventure
Economic mismanagement
Fooling the American masses
Gay rights and playing with religion
source(s):
political awareness
political awareness
1.) Making de facto party loyalty tests for non-partisan government positions. While people who are appointed to office are typically of the same party as those in power, the Bush Justice Dept. made it explicit not only by hiring conservatives, but intentionally targeted competent workers for elimination based solely on their political affiliation.
2.) The authorization of torture and "enhanced interrogation methods. " In addition to the massive loss of soft power in the global community as a result, said authorization was a violation of both federal law and international laws to which the United States has ratified. Any information obtained through torture, even if it proves correct, comes at a greater cost than what it might prevent.
3.) The violation of the 4th amendment barring unreasonable searches and seizures under the guise of deterring terrorists through the NSA spying upon the electronic communication of all US citizens and the wiretapping of American citizens without a warrant issued by the FISA court.
4.) The cherry-picking of intelligence and the ignoring of opinions that were contrary to his pre-conceived notions. This anti-intellectualism and contempt for having his beliefs challenged had far reaching effects throughout his Presidency, from the ignoring of memos that indicated that bin Laden was going to strike in the U.S. to ignoring contradictory evidence in the run up to the invasion of Iraq to the establishment of "free speech zones" and the culling of possible dissenters from any of his appearances. The said rise in anti-intellectualism was warned against as far back as December 2000, back when it was President-elect Bush.
5.) Revealing state secrets to the media and endangering the lives of CIA operatives for political gain. While not treason as some people claim it to be, bringing charges of espionage may not be out of order.
2.) The authorization of torture and "enhanced interrogation methods. " In addition to the massive loss of soft power in the global community as a result, said authorization was a violation of both federal law and international laws to which the United States has ratified. Any information obtained through torture, even if it proves correct, comes at a greater cost than what it might prevent.
3.) The violation of the 4th amendment barring unreasonable searches and seizures under the guise of deterring terrorists through the NSA spying upon the electronic communication of all US citizens and the wiretapping of American citizens without a warrant issued by the FISA court.
4.) The cherry-picking of intelligence and the ignoring of opinions that were contrary to his pre-conceived notions. This anti-intellectualism and contempt for having his beliefs challenged had far reaching effects throughout his Presidency, from the ignoring of memos that indicated that bin Laden was going to strike in the U.S. to ignoring contradictory evidence in the run up to the invasion of Iraq to the establishment of "free speech zones" and the culling of possible dissenters from any of his appearances. The said rise in anti-intellectualism was warned against as far back as December 2000, back when it was President-elect Bush.
5.) Revealing state secrets to the media and endangering the lives of CIA operatives for political gain. While not treason as some people claim it to be, bringing charges of espionage may not be out of order.
source(s):
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1597085,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_power
http://abcnews.go.com/thelaw/lawpolitics/Story?id=4583256&page=1
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2007/08/the_efficiency_of...
http://www.newsweek.com/id/174601
http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i15/15b00701.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/16/cia.leak/index.html
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1597085,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_power
http://abcnews.go.com/thelaw/lawpolitics/Story?id=4583256&page=1
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2007/08/the_efficiency_of...
http://www.newsweek.com/id/174601
http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i15/15b00701.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/16/cia.leak/index.html
Thanks for posting sources. I appreciate reading such a thoughtful post, instead of mindless partisan ranting (both ways) I was afraid I'd see in response to this question.
Yeah, screw American contractors who's heads were cut right off with a dull knife, lets play nice to terrorist and not hurt there feelings.
1. Bush, in defiance of the constitution, redefined the Office of the President of the United States. He claimed to not be bound by congress or the judicial system, and set himself up as being outside the government entirely with no checks or balances. He used signing statements more than all other presidents combined in order to de facto veto bills he didn't like. Congress would pass something for him to sign, and he would write at the bottom of it, "I will not enforce this." Then he would sign it, and wait for someone to notice. This redefining of the presidential office is the worst thing he did because it creates opportunities for more abuses of power in the future. It is now precedent that the Executive branch can do whatever it likes without any oversight from the other branches of government. This is never the way the country was supposed to be run.
2. Spreading troops too thin through the "War on Terror." This has made us less able to quickly defend ourselves in the event of another attack from a different source. In essence, he has made us less safe through more war.
3. Perpetuating the new civil war over marijuana by sending DEA agents to shut down and prosecute marijuana dispensaries in states with medical marijuana laws. This is a violation of the sovereignty clause in the constitution. It goes against all principles this country was founded upon.
4. Holding and prosecuting detainees in unfair, unconstitutional trials at Guantanamo Bay. The world now sees us as abusers and violators of international treaties.
5. Increasing the abstinence-only education budget despite good evidence that the only thing it succeeds at is keeping our children ignorant and in harm's way. This is increasing the birth rate in undereducated populations, and increasing the drain on social services through more children being born with fewer people available to take care of them. In the short term it increases the strain on welfare/social security/food stamps, but in the long term we're going to be paying a lot of money out of pocket to incarcerate criminals that are likely to come from these disenfranchised broken homes. The Bush administration made certain that their opportunities for education would fail them. If he were a true conservative he would not have advocated for any federal oversight over school curriculum. That is the domain of the states.
Now to put this all in perspective, I liked George W. Bush when he ran in 2000. I am more of a real conservative when it comes to most matters, but am also a little bit liberal on some social issues. It really bothered me that George W. Bush claimed to be conservative while increasing the deficit, and abusing what he saw as loopholes in the constitution in order to usurp more power for himself. Neither of those things are conservative values.
2. Spreading troops too thin through the "War on Terror." This has made us less able to quickly defend ourselves in the event of another attack from a different source. In essence, he has made us less safe through more war.
3. Perpetuating the new civil war over marijuana by sending DEA agents to shut down and prosecute marijuana dispensaries in states with medical marijuana laws. This is a violation of the sovereignty clause in the constitution. It goes against all principles this country was founded upon.
4. Holding and prosecuting detainees in unfair, unconstitutional trials at Guantanamo Bay. The world now sees us as abusers and violators of international treaties.
5. Increasing the abstinence-only education budget despite good evidence that the only thing it succeeds at is keeping our children ignorant and in harm's way. This is increasing the birth rate in undereducated populations, and increasing the drain on social services through more children being born with fewer people available to take care of them. In the short term it increases the strain on welfare/social security/food stamps, but in the long term we're going to be paying a lot of money out of pocket to incarcerate criminals that are likely to come from these disenfranchised broken homes. The Bush administration made certain that their opportunities for education would fail them. If he were a true conservative he would not have advocated for any federal oversight over school curriculum. That is the domain of the states.
Now to put this all in perspective, I liked George W. Bush when he ran in 2000. I am more of a real conservative when it comes to most matters, but am also a little bit liberal on some social issues. It really bothered me that George W. Bush claimed to be conservative while increasing the deficit, and abusing what he saw as loopholes in the constitution in order to usurp more power for himself. Neither of those things are conservative values.
source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signing_statement#Controversy_over_George_W._B...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Oakland_Cannabis_Buyers%27_Co...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstinence-only_sex_education#Rise_in_the_U.S.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guant%C3%A1namo_Bay_detention_camp#Legal_Issue...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signing_statement#Controversy_over_George_W._B...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Oakland_Cannabis_Buyers%27_Co...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstinence-only_sex_education#Rise_in_the_U.S.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guant%C3%A1namo_Bay_detention_camp#Legal_Issue...
Again, thanks for posting sources and a thoughtful response!
I disagree with abusing human rights. I believe our government has been to soft. I don't believe the world see's us as violators, but the exact opposite. Being a prisoner in the U.S. sure would beat being a prisoner of even our bordering neighbor Mexico Terrorist know they can get out alive and healthy, which will allow them to execute any further plans they have. Any other country would know better not to give the signal to any operatives that they can get away with that, or even bribe the nation.
1. Ignoring a daily briefing titled "Bin Laden determined to attack in US" a month before 9/11.
2. Eliminating habeas corpus, a right far older than the US itself.
3. Knowingly breaking the law by wiretapping US citizens without fetting the warrants required by the FISA law, a felony. Also holding people for years without trial, torture, rendition.....
4. Lying to start a war. There was NO intelligenct that Iraq had nukes, yet we heard "the smoking gun could be a mushroom cloud", "those aluminum tubes could ONLY be used for nuclear weapons", "Saddam tried to buy yellowcake from Africa", etc. Despicable,
5. Outing Valerie Plame as a CIA agent. Demonstrated conclusively that US security was NOT a priority for the Bush administration.
4.
2. Eliminating habeas corpus, a right far older than the US itself.
3. Knowingly breaking the law by wiretapping US citizens without fetting the warrants required by the FISA law, a felony. Also holding people for years without trial, torture, rendition.....
4. Lying to start a war. There was NO intelligenct that Iraq had nukes, yet we heard "the smoking gun could be a mushroom cloud", "those aluminum tubes could ONLY be used for nuclear weapons", "Saddam tried to buy yellowcake from Africa", etc. Despicable,
5. Outing Valerie Plame as a CIA agent. Demonstrated conclusively that US security was NOT a priority for the Bush administration.
4.
I agree with especially #2. That's probably the single worst thing he did.
I agree, I think he lied about the war, and he should have straight up said we want to oust Saddam. There was plenty of witness to report human rights violations committed by Saddam. The U.S even provided protection to the defending attorneys, who didn't listen and went outside of the protection zones. The U.S doesn't get credit for money they spent on the trial. Instead we get ridiculed for Human Rights. We are not the genocidal maniacs. Get over it Americans, quit being so selfish and realize that we have the ability to stop other genocidal maniacs. Go commit a crime in the U.S, then go commit a crime in Iraq, and then tell me our time in Iraq was not worth while.
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