Edited by Louis Standish
George W. Bush and History
Published in Al-balad
(Lebanon) on 14 January 2009
by Pierre Ruslan (link to original)
(Lebanon) on 14 January 2009
by Pierre Ruslan (link to original)
Translated from
by Mohammad Alsmadi.
Edited by .
As an answer to the judge for his decision to wage war on Iraq, there is no doubt that George Bush would answer the following way: "History? How do we know that? We all will be dead." Bush will leave the White House with a sad record: he is the most publicly hated president of the United States. Abroad, the hate seems to be more comprehensive and bigger. The flying boots to his face during a press conference in Baghdad testify to the negative reactions caused by him. In the era of the Internet, this type of events leaves its impact on history and a one second of televised presentation through YouTube could translate the whole administration. Defenders have found George W. Bush earlier in the person of Harry Truman, the successor of Franklin Roosevelt gone from the scene in 1953 because of general disapproval before the passage of time contributed to restore his image.
That is the day after the steadfastness against Stalin and his support for the Atlantic Alliance, which was on its way to win the Cold War, is more remarkable and respectful if he is compared by a number of his successors. An exciting match. Will history be on Bush’s side, who created an Islamic terrorism barrier, as happened with Truman? This is, after all, the legacy that the 9/11 president desires to leave when he departs, even if the doctrine of the war against terrorism will not be on his side. George W Bush has done clumsy things, sometimes admitting that he was committing mistakes. He had told the ABC channel that he was not ready for war. The failure to find w mass destruction weapons in Iraq has made a shift in his presidency. Logically, the greatest regret that the outgoing President should express is the instructional failure in Iraq. If it is possible to repeat what has happened, Bush says, “I will not change anything, only I wish that the intelligence will be different.” Bush doesn’t consider himself responsible for the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and its financial collapse. But he prefers to speak with pride for the 25 months that preceded this crisis, and he remarks that the economic disorders preceded his arrival to the White House. If Bush has already acknowledged that he played a role in the election of Barack Obama, he is far away from restoring respect of his contemporaries. He is in need for a passage of time in order to forget what he did.
That is the day after the steadfastness against Stalin and his support for the Atlantic Alliance, which was on its way to win the Cold War, is more remarkable and respectful if he is compared by a number of his successors. An exciting match. Will history be on Bush’s side, who created an Islamic terrorism barrier, as happened with Truman? This is, after all, the legacy that the 9/11 president desires to leave when he departs, even if the doctrine of the war against terrorism will not be on his side. George W Bush has done clumsy things, sometimes admitting that he was committing mistakes. He had told the ABC channel that he was not ready for war. The failure to find w mass destruction weapons in Iraq has made a shift in his presidency. Logically, the greatest regret that the outgoing President should express is the instructional failure in Iraq. If it is possible to repeat what has happened, Bush says, “I will not change anything, only I wish that the intelligence will be different.” Bush doesn’t consider himself responsible for the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and its financial collapse. But he prefers to speak with pride for the 25 months that preceded this crisis, and he remarks that the economic disorders preceded his arrival to the White House. If Bush has already acknowledged that he played a role in the election of Barack Obama, he is far away from restoring respect of his contemporaries. He is in need for a passage of time in order to forget what he did.
Bush is hoping that history will treat him kindly. If the truth of his administration comes out he will be damned by almost every person on this planet who learns of the depths of his criminal cabal!