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A DEPARTING George Bush yesterday told Americans that keeping them safe from further terrorist attacks after September 11, 2001, had been his greatest achievement…

…"There is legitimate debate about many of these decisions but there is little debate about the results," he said. "America has gone more than seven years without another terrorist attack on our soil."

- The Age

Well, I personally think George Bush is selling himself short! What about his other achievements? Why, under his leadership, only one American city was obliterated! The economy is merely in recession, not a depression! A full twenty percent of the American population don't actively despise him! And with the help of a magic rock, Bush has ensured there's been no tiger attacks within the US during his term in office!

But I suppose it makes sense that the achievement that he's most proud of is that there was only a single massive terrorist attack in the US during his presidency. That's a pretty good record, right? I mean, nobody's perfect, are they? We can only hope that Obama will prove just as competent in limiting terrorism to only a single major incident in eight years...

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[(Anonymous)]

Hi Rox,

Nice blog dude.

With the mess in Iraq and Afghanistan, why bother drawing tenuous links between the Bush administration and the NYC attacks? The notion that Bush could enter office and substantially reform the US intelligence within eight months is ludicrous – that’s not the way the public service works.

Also, what makes you think that Bush caused the US recession? As much as I would like to blame these things on governments, it will take a long time to demonstrate causation.

In my view, Bush (or someone like him) is the natural outcome of the political process. Sure, the new guy will have different rhetoric, but incompetence and malfeasance is pretty much a constant. I don’t see how any reasonable person could endure 8 years of the Bush administration and think: hey, we need to give these guys more control over our lives!

Peace and love,

H

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[4thofeleven.livejournal.com]

All I meant was that 'no major terrorist attacks under my watch' should be considered a basic competence issue, not an achievement in itself.