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]

Bush and his entire entourage is anti-draft...

A draft is unlikely because of demographics though. As more and more American families only have one kid, at most two, every soldier becomes a Private Ryan, which would cause much more opposition to the draft this time around.

Furthermore, a draft decreases the size of the workforce. That means less people available to work for overbloated social security programs. Which means that, if a draft of all people 18-26 occurs, as is proposed, that means that most people would not start working until they are 30 instead of 22 -- add to that all the old people in teh country (only 1.5 workers per retiree soon), and add to that the fact that you need to pay all those new soldiers (The Department of Defense spends more on pay than all other expenses combined. In fact, for every dollar the DoD spends on aircraft, missiles, and ships, it spends $3 paying pensions to retired soldiers). This would result in MASSIVELY increased government spending, coupled with DECREASED economic output -- necessitating massive tax hikes, which would cause the economy to collapse, bringing the government down with it.