Bush Presidency

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The following appeared in the Durham, NC, local paper as a letter to the editor and should
put things in perspective:

Liberals claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war. They complain about his
prosecution of it. One liberal recently claimed Bush was the worst president in U.S. history.

Let's clear up one point: We didn't start the war on terror. Try to remember, it was
started by terrorists on 9/11.

Let's look at the "worst" president and mismanagement claims.

FDR led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us, Japan did. From 1941-1945,
450,000 American lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per year.

Truman finished that war and started one in Korea. North Korea never attacked us. From
1950-1953, 55,000 American lives were lost, an average of 18,333 per year.

John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1961. Vietnam never attacked us. Johnson
turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 American lives were lost, an
average of 5,800 per year.

Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent. Bosnia never attacked us. He
was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing.
Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.

In the two years since terrorists attacked us, President Bush has liberated two
countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Lybia, Iran
and North Korea without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of
his own people. To date we have lost approximately 500 soldiers, an average of 250 a year.
Bush did all this abroad while not allowing another terrorist attack at home.

Worst president in history? Think again!