The Facts...
Some claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war. They
complain about his prosecution of it. One person recently claimed
Bush was the worst president in U.S. history.
Let's clear up one point: We didn't start the war on terror. Try to
remember. It was started by terrorists on 9/11. Let's look at the
"worst" president and the mismanagement claims.
Franklin D. Roosevelt led us into World War II. Germany never
attacked us...Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an
average of 112,500 per year.
Harry S. Truman finished that war and started one in Korea. North
Korea never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, an
average of 18,333 per year.
John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never
attacked us.
Lyndon B. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975,
58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per year.
William J. Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent.
Bosnia never attacked us. Clinton went to war in Somalia without UN
or French consent. Somalia never attacked us. He bombed an aspirin
factory without UN or French consent. He was offered Osama bin
Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama
has attacked us on multiple occasions.
In the two years since terrorists attacked us, President Bush has
liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaeda, put
nuclear inspectors in Libya, Iran and North Korea without firing a
shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own
people. We Have lost 600 soldiers, an average of 300 a year. George
W. Bush did all this abroad while not allowing another terrorist
attack at home.
I, for one, prefer it that way.
