The Enigma in Chief
Slate
by Jacob Weisberg
01/10/09
As George W. Bush once noted, ‘You never know what your history is going to be like until long after you’re gone.’ What I think he was trying to say is that, over time, historians may evolve toward a more positive view of his presidency than the one held by most of his contemporaries. At the moment, this seems a vain hope. Bush’s three most obvious legacies are his decision to invade Iraq, his framing of a global war on terror after Sept. 11, and the massive financial crisis. Each of these constitutes a separate epic in presidential misjudgment and mismanagement. It remains a brainteaser to come up with ways, however minor, in which Bush changed government, politics, or the world for the better...
https://www.slate.com/id/2204488/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Call to Urge Eric Holder To Enforce The Law For The Crimes of the Bush Administration
https://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/607bd4723fecc26e?hl=en
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bush+legacy
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=9/11
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=war+crimes
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Eric+Holder
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=financial+crisis
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jacob+Weisberg
by Jacob Weisberg
01/10/09
As George W. Bush once noted, ‘You never know what your history is going to be like until long after you’re gone.’ What I think he was trying to say is that, over time, historians may evolve toward a more positive view of his presidency than the one held by most of his contemporaries. At the moment, this seems a vain hope. Bush’s three most obvious legacies are his decision to invade Iraq, his framing of a global war on terror after Sept. 11, and the massive financial crisis. Each of these constitutes a separate epic in presidential misjudgment and mismanagement. It remains a brainteaser to come up with ways, however minor, in which Bush changed government, politics, or the world for the better...
https://www.slate.com/id/2204488/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Call to Urge Eric Holder To Enforce The Law For The Crimes of the Bush Administration
https://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/607bd4723fecc26e?hl=en
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bush+legacy
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=9/11
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=war+crimes
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Eric+Holder
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=financial+crisis
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jacob+Weisberg
rudkla - 12. Jan, 10:12
