The Bush Presidency will go down in the history for having generated deep international antipathy to USA and fomenting internal disarray which will take generations to overcome.
Islamic fundamentalism was dying in the caves of Afghanistan. The Muslim youth were clamoring to join the mainstream and were enamored with western lifestyles. War in Iraq gave them with a training camp in and a fresh lease of life.
Wedded to a predetermined course of action based on ideology configured in the backrooms of conservative think tanks it repeatedly misrepresented to the American people. The variety of positions adopted for a rationale to invade Iraq which went from 9/11 to WMD’s to Saddam and to spread of democracy is an example.
US were a democracy where personal freedom and preservation of the social safety network were prime objectives. We imported the discredited democratic practices like gerrymandering, misuse of office and money to buy elections, use of church, divide and rule and playing to the emotions of the electorate by demagoguery.
The Bush era will also be remembered for subverting the Geneva Convention and maltreatment of prisoners, impoverishing American middle class and seniors and building huge deficits.
The separation of state and church has been fudged and the great advancements in biotechnology, women rights, education and healthcare have been slowed.
More than 100000 (Americans and Iraqis) killed without any cogent reason will form a prominent part of Bush era history.
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