Why George Bush Is A Bad President
Why George W. Bush was a bad choice for President
On January 20, 2001, George W. Bush took the oath of office for his first term; this is when the nightmare began. Bush would be just like his father, even though he said he wouldn't. If he wasn't like his father then he wouldn't try to continue a war his father lost and he is losing right now. Bush did do other things his father didn't, but these things were bad decisions that will hurt both schools and the economy. America made a terrible mistake when they voted in George W. Bush as our 43rd President of the United States of America.
First, Bush sent American troops into a war that he lied about to be able get it started, and was only started because his father failed at winning it before. Supposedly, Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Yes, Iraq did have weapons, but the weapons were legal and were normal weapons any country has. Now, a lot of people say we should have gone in there because the people were suffering under the tyranny of Saddam Hussein and I agree, but our first priority should have been to capture the Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Then, we could have gone and attacked Iraq. Bush thought that we could split up the forces in Afghanistan and send half to Iraq and keep the other half after Bin Laden, but by doing that Bin Laden got away. Besides the fact that Bush let Bin Laden get away, but he also lied to the American people by telling them that there were definitely weapons of mass destruction in Iraq when U.N. weapons inspectors told us that Iraq doesn't have and didn't have any weapons of mass destruction in over 10 years. In order not to look bad, though, Bush changed his reason for going into the war to the fact that we installed a democratic government Iraq. Another problem with this war is the casualties, the US alone has about 1,500 and even more were wounded. The question I have to ask is, why? Many people say that we saved many people, yes we did,...
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