Would a president ever hide his failure behind Unconscious Dynamics of Political Violence,Terrorism  & War?
145590
it is possible but a transporant president should not do that.\n\nit is possible, well ways of putting fear in the minnors
907124
Yes there is. If people would stop being so hateful and ignorant, and study american history and its relationship with the middle east over the past 60 or so years and stop believing the lies put out by the american media they would be able to realize that alot of what he is saying is true.
101468
without a doubt his greatest flaw is his hard-headedness (is that a word? If not it should be. In the dictionary right next to King George with that sh!t-eating grin on his face). Most normal people admit when they've made a mistake and try to fix the problem. But not Georgie-boy. He doesn't make mistakes because God speaks to him. To quote Fox Mulder on the X-Files: 'They say when you talk to God it's prayer. But when God talks to you, it's schizophrenia.'. But is it really God talking or does Cheney still have that earpiece in Bush's ear? Sorry, I'm ranting again. Can't help it.
260239
Of course not. Given our terribly misguided policy with regard to Iraq, such events are viewed as mere "collateral damage" and deemed unworthy of further investigation. Oh, there may be some bogus report issued in the weeks and months ahead to excuse/explain what happened, but intelligent people will know that for the pack of lies it undoubtedly will be. The current administration's foreign policy is so rife with double standards as to make any comparison with domestic security policy seem absurd. Please understand, I am NOT defending this. I despise it, even as I despise bush and his criminal cohorts. But you asked an honest question and I'm giving you an honest answer.
916575
Sun Tzu said in "The Art of War" in 500 BC that engaging in a protracted campaign on foreign soil would eventually lead to failure.  I think that the problem has been a lack of planning and a lack of definition regarding our strategic goals.  I think that we entered this conflict for the wrong reasons, without a plan, and without measurable goals. Then, we tried to create a plan and strategic objectives on the fly. This is a national embarrassment of monumental proportions, and an act that will change the course of history against the United States. I only hope that somthing can be salvaged from this debacle, but it will take a level of cooperation and compromise that seems unlikely until bush leaves office.
439967
No -- he was responsible for genocide. The most conservative estimates place the death count at his hands somewhere near a million lives. Though many of those deaths were people of other nationalities, a very large percentage were in fact Iraqis who either opposed him, or were conceived of as a threat. No one was safe -- not even his most trusted advisors.
817301
This way we could never say they did not speak up.now is there anyone left who defends Rumsfeld.As for the president he is not a part of the discussion.HE REMINDS ME OF THE SAYING,"A MIND IS LIKE A PARACHUTE IT ONLY WORKS WHEN OPENED"
864725
Some people have wanted Bush to fail so badly that they've called every success a failure.  In any group there are a certain number of cowards.  Some Americans do not appreciate or remember that their own freedoms were bought with the blood of volunteers.
570204
To cover up the amount of terrorism that the US is involved in.  The mass murder of Iraqi civilians (currently standing at 300, 000) and the detaining and torture of others at Guantanamo Bay would not have been got away with if it appeared that he conciously participated.\n\nHis stupidity is a cover.  There are no "intelligence failures" - the destruction of Iraq was planned from the outset in order to steal the oil.  The US government and their corporate backers needed a stupid patsy to head up operations and boy did they get a stupid one in Dubya.\n\nJust because he's stupid tho doesnt mean that he shouldnt be tried in the Hague.
125488
Bush has done better than average with the hand he has been dealt while he has been President. While he is in no way the greatest President of all time. It usually takes an uber-lib to come out with the adjectives such as "pathetic".... especially when stating the "failure" without specific evidence as to how he has failed. (And NO, being in a war is not "failure")
24525
Not by any objective standard.  \n\nThe follies, crimes, and lies of this administration are too numerous to post in this little box.  There is a website, which I've included below, which lists 525 reasons why Bush has been an abject failure, organized into various categories for your browsing convenience.
20342
being a president is not easy, but i realy dont like him using war as a solution.war just mean death.Lots of...
734798
History decides who the great Presidents are – not present culture.  If the Bush plan for creating a democracy and a counter to Iran in Iraq works out history will reflect on his tenure as successful, it will take a decade or more to tell.  If not he’ll be forgotten, like so many before him.
579842
There was a great essay I saw on this the other day, here:\n\nhttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/5/26/155350/677\n\nThanks to the original writer, I couldn't have said it better myself.  You can't wage a war against an emotion.  It's like the "war on love" or the "war on sadness", the "war on regret".  You just can't "win" or "lose", there is no goal.  I'm still trying to figure out how people got Iraq mixed up with "terrorism", despotic and tyrannical dictator and murderer, sure, but not a terrorist.
249508
No President will succeed:\n\n"[If a] people [are] so demoralized and depraved as to be incapable of exercising a wholesome control, their reformation must be taken up ab incunabulis. Their minds [must] be informed by education what is right and what wrong, [must] be encouraged in habits of virtue and deterred from those of vice by the dread of punishments, proportioned indeed, but irremissible. In all cases, [they must] follow truth as the only safe guide and eschew error which bewilders us in one false consequence after another in endless succession. These are the inculcations necessary to render the people a sure basis for the structure of order and good government." --Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 1819. ME 15:234
191667
Indirectly I think maybe he did, with what happened with 9/11 and how Bush handled it.  I never looked at something like that.
160459
I believe it would. While the underlying reasons for anti-US sentiment would still be largely ignored, we probably wouldn't have the terrorist recruiting tool that the Iraq War has become. He probably would have continued with a lot of Clintons 'feel-good' programs like AmeriCorp. And he probably would have continued paying down the deficit like Clinton started. As of the end of 2005, $820 billion dollars of US debt was held by China in the form of stocks and securities. This gives them a lot more power over the US economy than people realize.  Security is not just about guns and bombs. Financial and emotional security need to be considered, also.