January 11, 2009

IMPEACH BUSH


IMPEACH CHENEY

WHAT A LEGACY

George W. Bush has said he doesn't worry about what history will think because he won't be around to read it. To the contrary, he can pretty much determine his legacy right now. He has led the most corrupt and incompetent administration in our history. He failed to stop the terrorist attacks on 9/11 despite ample warnings. He lied us into a war in Iraq that has rained death and destruction on Iraqis and killed and wounded so many of own military. He has ignored global climate change, which threatens all life on earth. He leaves the worst economy since the Great Depression. This commentary by Helen Thomas is at www.commondreams.org:


Because of Bush's policies, the U.S. also is complicit in the Israeli attack on the Palestinians on the Gaza Strip by providing a "made-in-America" high-tech arsenal for the assault and blocking a ceasefire for nearly two weeks, a move intended to help the Israelis consolidate their hold.

Not to worry, Bush says he isn't concerned about how history will view his militant eight years in the White House, telling ABC News that he "won't be around to read it."

Well, they say that journalism is the first draft of history. So I am going to predict that those future historians will not deal kindly with the Bush presidency.

It's true -- as Bush and company point at their proudest achievement-- there have been no new terrorist attacks on the U.S. since Sept. 11, 2001.

But they fail to acknowledge administration mistakes before and after that fateful day, starting with the fact that White House and security officials ignored significant early warnings of an imminent strike against the U.S.