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Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:00 AM

W. and the damage done

President Bush inherited a peaceful, prosperous America. As he exits, Salon consults experts in seven fields to try to assess the devastation.
By Vincent Rossmeier and Gabriel Winant

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  • Wednesday, January 7, 2009 08:01 PM

    Because they refused to maintain Clinton's policies towards terrorists?????

    During the Clinton years:

    -The bombings of the World Trade Center in 1993

    -The bombings of US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_United_States_embassy_bombings

    -The Air Force Khobar Towers barracks in Saudi Arabia: http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/africa/062696binladen.html

    -The USS Cole: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing

    -The Blackhawk Down retreat from Somalia

    Again, the teaser line of this story "President Bush inherited a peaceful, prosperous America." I'm just pointing out that it is an utter fallacy and to make an assesment of the past eight years without a mention of 9/11 is just ludicrous. Elephant in the room??

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