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| Fall 2008 CommentsTwo Cheers: Second Thoughts on the Bush DoctrineGeorge W. Bush’s presidency is drawing to an end in a diminuendo that will not do much for his poll ratings but may someday boost his historical standing. The war in Iraq seems finally to have turned around. Victory there may yield some of the beneficial effects that Bush promised when he ordered American forces into Iraq. One result is Bush being viewed in a softer light. Summing up some recent magazine essays, the Washington Post muses that “history may treat The Decider much more gently than many of his critics imagine.” Full text articleThe Bush era in the stage of world would be remembered as callous extension of the failing US- hard security doctrine in the world. Bush will be remembered for being exactly what he is -- a simpleton and a murderous idealogue. The debate will be about whether his was a fundamentalist Christian crusade against Islam, or merely an oil grab. A good article. I beleive Bush has in the most part done the world a favour. Mistakes were made (Ok a lot of mistakes were made) but I agree Iran would have been to hard to substantiate. Yet its turn is coming. It is interesting that the major complaints about GWB's Iraq adventure is that it "took our eye off the ball" in Iran/Afghanistan/North Korea and that Bush was a unilateralist bully. In the area of Iran, he encouraged the European-led negotiations. In North Korea, the six party talks. In Afghanistan, NATO is in the lead. Meanwhile, back in Iraq, by most assessments, the ultimate result has been successful, albiet at this stage still shaky and unsure. Nonetheless, better than where we stand with Iran, Afghanistan and North Korea. In a logical sense, what lesson should be learned here? |  Submit Your Comment |
Posted by William Scanlan | November 11, 2008 5:04:09 PM EST