With one more sleep until Change We Need, the internet is being flooded with articles about George W. Bush claiming the title of Worst President Ever. Was he the worst? Time will tell. I wasn't fond of him. The few things, in my mind, the he did right (increasing aid to Africa, aid to victims in Darfur) will be overshadowed by the many things he did wrong.
And the criticism is coming in from all over the world.
Scotland: America is now hated in many parts of the world. The shoe hurled at him during a visit to Iraq last month sums up the anger felt by Millions of people.
Canada: Farewell to George W. Bush, the worst American president ever and one of the worst "friends" to Canada ever to reside in the White House.
Ireland: “W” stands for Worst.
Malaysia: Bush stands to be one of the worst, if not the worst, US president of all times.
Jamaica: George Bush is the worst president in modern America, considering the global crises which occurred under his presidency.
The Telegraph lists what it deems as Bush's 20 Worst Moments:
- No WMDs
- Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job.
- No Post-War Plan for Iraq
- Permitting Torture
- Ignoring Pre-9/11 Terror Memo
- "Mission Accomplished"
- Entering Iraq without a UN mandate.
- Insisting there was a link between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda
- Failing to capture Osama bin Laden
- Abandoning the Kyoto Protocol
- Refusing to let Katrina ruin his holiday
- Underestimating the cost of the war
- Lack of body armour for US troops
- Failure to include Louisiana's coastal parishes in state of emergency plan
- Tax cuts for the wealthy
- Losing focus on Afghanistan
- Limiting stem cell research
- Appointment and backing of Alberto Gonzales
- Awarding lucrative Iraq reconstruction contracts to Halliburton
- Warrantless Wiretapping
3 comments:
He really was a uniter...he got the whole world to hate him.
Lets have a serious discussion here. Today's topic is "Permitting Torture".
Since we are all intelligent, civilized adults, we can hopefully have some good dialogue.
So, permitting torture is a horrible thing? What if we had captured someone who had information about an attack on the United States? Would torture then be ok? Are you saying that the security of our union is worth less than torturing a captured terrorist?
I can understand being against unnecessary torture, but until you have the position of being in charge of the security of the United States, how can you say that all torture should be banned?
Thoughts?
Masked Avenger said: "Are you saying that the security of our union is worth less than torturing a captured terrorist?"
Think again: If you torture enough "captured" people, it's not Our Union (the nation we believe in) anymore.
"I can understand being against unnecessary torture, but ... how can you say that all torture should be banned?"
How can you decide when it's "necessary" (i.e., that the torturee really and truly has essential info)?
And how can you insure that the info obtained is real - since torture is famous for producing fake info and false confessions?
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