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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 07:56 AM

    Fine........G.W.Bush did not inherit a peaceful and prosperous nation.

    And yet.....everything that follows that statement is true. All the facts and figures that are presented are true. Health care, military strength, the infrastructure, the economy....are all on life support. Maybe Bush II didn't inherit a peaceful and prosperous nation. The world was dangerous (as it always has been and always will be) and the economy was heading for a mild recession. The point is, the nation George inherited isn't nearly as bad, not by a long shot, as the nation Obama is inheriting.

    You want to quibble over one line in this damning article to discredit it. Just one line....well, you are just going to have to do better than that.

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