Mario is a true conservative stooge and will do all in his power to defend President George W. Bush even to the extent of laying his unpopularity upon the Left Wing media. Why did not the Right wing media even try to correct your so called distortions by the left wing about Mr. Bush. Is it because all that the so called "Left wing media " published about Bush was absolutely true?
Mario's response About Bush LIBERATING the Muslims from Tyranny???? What have they got in Exchange? Countries which are divided and ethnically split with one faction fighting another and carnage far above those attributable to Sadam or the Taliban besides the destruction and ruin of the whole infrastructure. Is this the type of LIBERATION Mario is talking about.? If so, then the Iraqis were better off under the Tyrant Sadam, and the Afghans were better off under the Taliban.The only good that has come is the emancipation of women. Mario tries to condone the invasion of Iraq by quoting UN Resolutions on the assumption that Sadam had WMD's which Sadam Denied and after the invasion, NO WDM's have been found. All available documents prove that Sadam had no ties to Al Qaeda yet Bush constantly referred to such ties. He had yet to prove this. It was only after the invasion of Iraq that Al Qaeda gained a footing in Iraq. Bush only invaded Iraq to show how powerful he was he did not care for the Iraqi people. He did not even have an exit strategy. That's how rational he was. I agree with Mario on one point, that is that Al Qaeda was the enemy of the world and has to be eliminated including Osama Bin Laden and that was the Goal. But this could have been achieved by other means. After all the Americans are known to have had covert activities through the CIA and I am convinced the Taliban or some factions within it could be coerced into falling in with the Americans in order to achieve this. As it is, is the loss of so many American lives truly worth the results so far? We are seeing that Osama is still at large, there is on peace in the region, and years after, there is no resolution to either conflict. There is even talk that the Americans could be prepared to "NEGOTIATE" with the Taliban or some factions of it as part of their Exit Strategy which, by the way, Bush did not have. Everyone knows that the Bush Tax Cuts benefitted the Rich enormously and the crumbs were tossed to the middle and lower classes. This did not help in any way as the rich only pocketed the windfall and did nothing to spend it to create jobs.This brings me to the Deficit. True the deficit under Bush was lower than it is now. Let us consider that Bush inherited a vibrant economy which he ran into the ground by enriching his Rich Counterparts with the Lions share of the Tax Cuts. Obama Inherited an economy which was already in recession and which Bush propped up by the TARP or the first part of it. OBAMA HAD NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE BUT TO SPEND HIS WAY OUT OF THE BUSH RECESSION this is why the deficit is higher.Unemployment is the result of Failed Bush economic policies and cannot be blamed on Obama. It began in the tail end of the Bush and era and continues but at a slower rate which signals a change in momentum. Employment, as seen through previous recessionary periods, always lags behind economic growth and don't forget,the cost of the two wars contributing to the deficit. Lastly, everyone knows that Clinton was the one who began the Cheap Drugs for Aids policy which Bush continued, come on Mario Don't Give Bush the entire credit by choosing one article from a Right wing news organization to defend your conclusion. Mario, let us not forget that Bush had Eight years to right the so called Clinton Wrongs and instead of doing this, he ruined the economy of the world.
