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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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  • Saturday, January 10, 2009 03:50 AM

    Bush's Greatest Failure - He was suckered by the Neocons

    Bush - lacking the intellectual capacity to lead a world that was highly sympathetic with America after 9/11- fell prey to the neocons. The neocons' agenda has always been to use America's resources to fight Israel's wars in the Middle East (under the guise of democratizing the Middle East and by lying about WMD and Iraq's links with terrorists). 9/11 was the neocons' golden opportunity and they took advantage of it. W. couldn't see through this.

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