The Good in President Bush, I would like to know... Options

[Alpha240]

I've read many debates regarding George Bush and John Kerry. Unlike Bush, Kerry never had a chance to prove himself as a president and show the American people how he could help this country and its people. George Bush had almost 4 years now to make a difference, and in my opinion any difference he made was make our country worse than it was before. I just don't understand why people like Bush. I really don't. I've heard unrational reasons, such as "He is a Christian" and "He is a strong leader", but I have not heard any REAL reasons on why Bush is a good person/president. So pleeease... someone tell me why so many people out there like Bush.

I would like non war related reasons, because i am against the war and therefore I will disagree with almost any reason given regarding the war.
For example: if you say you like Bush because he caught Saddam Hussein, my reply would be that he had no probable cause to go after Hussein. Even if he saw him as a threat, Bush had no proof or real intelligence to have reasons to bomb Suddam's country and capture him. I also don't believe in pre-emptive attacks. I think they are extremely hypocritical and destructive.

So if anyone has any input on how Bush improved our economy, environment, societal problems, scientific and technological advances, or anything along those lines please let me know.

[ComradeRed]

We could remove all the evil dictators in the world, but as long as they aren't at war with us, it wouldn't be worth the cost of a single US Dollar. You see, the Congress represents the AMERICAN people -- not the Iraqi. It is morally wrong for it to force us to pay for things in other countries. Evil or not, Bush was derelict in his duties towards Americans -- instead focusing on other countries. This makes him unworthy to lead as commander-in-chief.

We bribed most of the members of our coalition with "no-bid" contracts in Iraq... In fact, the only three members of the coalition that we DID NOT bribe thusly were ourselves, the Netherlands, and Albania. Most of the governments that sent troops into Iraq are now unstable. Every democratic government that has sent troops into Iraq, except for ourselves and the United Kingdom, was soundly defeated in their next general election.

Not surprsingly, most of the new governments that then came into power have been radical left-wing parties that formerly COULD NOT HAVE HAD ANY POLITICAL POWER -- thus, even if you can claim that we did free Iraq from a dictator, we have arguably installed dozens of new socialists dictators-lite in many countries in the world from Japan to Spain. Even in our own country, Kerry will almost definitely win the next election due to the War on Iraq -- signaling an even more unpredictable turn in American politics. Seeing as the Republicans and the Republicans alone will be blamed for the war (which is now opposed by a majority of Americans), it is highly likely that the Democrats will remain in power for many election cycles -- leading to bigger government here. The new breed of democrat will also be "tough" democrats like Hillary Clinton who have no problem with trampelling on our Constitutional and human rights. In due time, America will turn into the regime we destroyed in Iraq.

You know, the Neoconservative movement was started by liberal Jewish socialists, who believed in the ideas of Leon Trotsky (worldwide revolution). Even though modern neo-conservatives are rarely socialist, they are playing right into the socialist agenda. Trotsky must be laughing in his grave.

"Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. [There is an] inequality of fortunes, and the opportunities of fraud, growing out of a state of war, and...degeneracy of manners and of morals...No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare."
--James Madison, father of the Constitution and Bill of Rights

The Truth Behind Iraq, by the American Conservative Magazine