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Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy or Reagan would LAUGH at the neo-Republicans claim that Bush somehow did NOT inherit a largely peaceful and prosperous nation.
Truman inherited a country in a WORLD WAR, fighting both Europe and Japan, had to drop an atom bomb and fight in Korea.
Eisenhower had to end the Korean War and came into office with a recession handed to him on a silver platter.
Reagan inherited a country in the midst of an international hostage crisis.
George W. Bush inherited a country with a balanced budget, a large, strong military TRAINED in peace-keeping and nation-building (something Dumbya assumed he wouldn't need), a war concluded in Kosovo, a peace process LAID OUT for him in Israel, and a terrorist organization (Al Qaeda) that we were starting to bomb.
He was also specifically INSTRUCTED and briefed that Al Qaeda would be his biggest threat. In NINE MONTHS Bushie then proceeded to do nothing, dittered, ignored Colin Powell, listened to every word Dick Cheney had to say, and allowed his National Security Advisor to IGNORE a memo stating EXPLICITLY that Osama Bin Laden was determined to attack inside the United States.
In nine months he did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to prepare for this.
In response to this, after the entire world rallied around him, the idiot then launched a PREEMTIVE attack on the only bulwark IN the region against a neo-Iranian sphere of influence AND a known rival to Al Qaeda, Saddam Hussein.
Following Mr. Hussein's death, Al Qaeda (which had then been let OFF the hook in Afghanistan) came INTO Iraq and Iran seized a measure of power we are just NOW beginning to realize.
Give me a break. A two-year old would have screwed this thing up less than Bush.
