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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.

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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009 09:47 AM

    nietcheisgod

    There were no BIG terrorist attack on the U.S. soil before Bush either. In fact a few were prevented under Clinton. The whole argument that we have had no terrorist attack since 9/1 and are safer to justify Bush's failure's is just bull shit. Our invasion of Iraq had not made us safer, but created more enemies in the middle east. Iraq is now run by religious zeolots. Under Sadman it was once a secular government that kept Iran at bay. The majority of middle & upper middle class, educated have left Iraq country and will to be returning. We blew their country apart for no good reason.

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