Sunday, March 16, 2008
History sees no reason to wait
To provide a clear eyed assessment of the legacy of George Walker Bush, the 43rd president of the United States. Walter Strobel, writing for McClatchy on the 5th anniversary of the start of Our Dear Embattled Leader's Glorious Little War, provides a fair compilation of how well it has turned out for the US. He suns it up nicely in the beginning.
It was a decision that only President Bush had the power to make: At about 9 a.m. on March 19, 2003, in the Situation Room in the basement of the West Wing of the White House, he gave the "execute order" to begin Operation Iraqi Freedom, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.Doubtless, the spirits of James Buchanan and Warren Harding thank you for making their time in office look so good, George.
Now, five years later, the consequences of that act will soon be beyond Bush's grasp. In 10 months, they'll land on the desk of his successor.
Thanks in part to the Iraq war, the next U.S. president — Republican or Democrat, black or white, man or woman — will take office with America's power, prestige and popularity in decline, according to bipartisan reports, polls and foreign observers.
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