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George W Bush: winning the war on terror
George W Bush: winning the war on terror
Bush's foreign policy has been reviled but his achievements should speak for themselves says Nile Gardiner.
Tale of two presidential workout fanatics
Tale of two presidential workout fanatics
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 EXCLUSIVE: Obama wants Bush war team to stay
EXCLUSIVE: Obama wants Bush war team to stay
washingtontimes.com — Bill Gertz ( Contact ) Tuesday, December 23, 2008 EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is asking... many of the Bush administration's 250 Pentagon political appointees to remain on the job until the incoming Obama administration finds ... (more) EXCLUSIVE: Obama wants Bush war team to stay
Iraq’s Leaders Condemn Gaza Strikes
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — Of the various premises on which the U.S. invasion of Iraq was sold to the American people,... one of the most bizarre was that a post-Saddam Iraqi government would be friendly to Israel . As with claims about WMD and Al Qaeda connections, this one has ... (more) Iraq’s Leaders Condemn Gaza Strikes
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George W. Bush-- A Liberator Who Rescued 60,000,000 From Tyranny
Gateway Pundit — "The decision by Bush, with Blair's support, to sweep the Taliban out of Afghanistan was a brilliant move, one that not all U.S. presidents would have taken. A weaker leader would have gone to the United Nations Security Council and sought a negotiated settlement with Kabul." Nile Gardiner The Telegraph "George W Bush: winning the war on terror" December 27, 2008 US President George Bush prepares to speak to supporters in Freedom Square, Tbilisi, ...

George Bush, Liberator
Jules Crittenden — ... George W Bush Considering that it’s published in the UK, the Telegraph is a great American newspaper. Nile Gardiner :  Much of the condemnation of his policies though is driven by a venomous hatred of Bush’s personality and leadership style, rather than an objective assessment of his achievements. Ten or twenty years from now, historians will view Bush’s actions on the world stage in a more favourable light. America’s 43rd president did after all directly liberate more people (over 60 million) from tyranny than any leader since Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt. ...

George W. Bush in the Future: Honored Liberator
The American Mind — We’ll see how history treats President George W. Bush. Nile Gardiner thinks time will do well for him: Much of the condemnation of his policies though is driven by a venomous hatred of Bush’s personality and leadership style, rather than an objective assessment of his achievements. Ten or twenty years from now, historians will view Bush’s actions on the world stage in a more favourable light. America’s 43rd president did after all directly liberate more people (over 60 million) from tyranny than any leader since Winston Churchill and ...

Bush's Legacy In The Echo Chamber
Newshoggers.com — ... that is the UK's Daily Torygraph, one that calls George W. Bush the greatest liberator "since Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt",  and it gets repeated by folks like ...

Left Recoils In Horror As Bush Frees 60 Million People
JammieWearingFool — They'll always hate him, as hating is what the left does. But years from now history will judge George W. Bush in a much better light than his enemies. Much of the condemnation of his policies though is driven by a venomous hatred of Bush's personality and leadership style, rather than an objective assessment of his achievements. Ten or twenty years from now, historians will view Bush's actions on the world stage in a more favourable light. America's 43rd president did after all directly liberate more people (over 60 million) from tyranny than any leader since Winston ...

Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos — ... Nile Gardiner: Invading Iraq was a master stroke that Bush doesn't get enough credit for. Then again, I am Director of the Margaret Thatcher Centre for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation. Don't expect realism and fact-finding. ...

Religion & Politics linkaround
The Anchoress — ... bit of blather on this, today. The formula appears to be: “if you do not agree with everything I want, you are an intolerant hater who should be marginalized. But if we do not agree with what you think, we are simply correct. And you are stupid.” On the political front: President-elect Bush worked out daily and was derided for it, Obama is praised for it. Bush made it clear he missed his privacy, Obama bristles about it. Bush ignored it and liberated 60 million people and, as Jules remarks has accepted the role of punching bag as ...

“Invading Iraq Could Ultimately Prove To Have Been A Masterstroke”
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Criticism of George W Bush is often driven by a dislike of his personality, not analysis of his achievements Telegraph UK: George W Bush: winning the war on terror Europe’s political elites are no doubt salivating at the prospect of George W. Bush departing the White House in January. By Nile Gardiner On much of the world stage, President Bush has been widely reviled as one of the worst U.S. leaders of modern times, and it is hard to think of an American president who has received a worse press ...

An Oldie but Goodie for the FA Moonbats Out There!
Flopping Aces — ... Yes, Bush was right. Nile Gardiner writing for The Telegraph: Much of the condemnation of his policies though is driven by a venomous hatred of Bush’s personality and leadership style, rather than an objective assessment of his achievements. Ten or twenty years from now, historians will view Bush’s actions on the world stage in a more favourable light. America’s 43rd president did after all directly liberate more people (over 60 million) from tyranny than any leader since Winston Churchill and Franklin D. ...

One Year Ago- The World’s Greatest Liberator Since World War II Left Office
Gateway Pundit — ... Here again is a tribute to President George W. Bush that was posted last year: * * * * * “The decision by Bush, with Blair’s support, to sweep the Taliban out of Afghanistan was a brilliant move, one that not all U.S. presidents would have taken. A weaker leader would have gone to the United Nations Security Council and sought a negotiated settlement with Kabul.” Nile Gardiner The Telegraph “George W Bush: winning the war on terror” ...

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