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Originally Posted by Tempest
Really?? As much as I REALLY hate to admit it, IF democracy etc take hold in Iraq and Afganistan, it will eventually expand and stabalize the region... So in a couple centuries, he could very well be looked on favorably as someone who had a "positive" impact in the world with his "visionary" actions... History rarely remembers all the little crap like the fucked up US economy, the quantity of people killed in the process etc. etc. etc.
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The glaring flaw in your logic is the word "IF"...
Democracy, peace and stabilization will never happen in the MiddleEast (as others have already pointed out) - and IF by some miracle it ever does...it likely won't be the result of the U.S. intervention.
There's a bigger picture besides the fucked up U.S. economy and those killed in the pursuit of Bush's "visionary actions." There's the little matter of world oil prices as a result of political/corporate manipulation and global destabilization.
It affects us all, not just America.
I stand by my assertion that history won't be kind to Mr. Bush when the smoke clears. The shit he's pulled during his double term in office won't be forgotten by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, I'll bet historians will reveal a LOT in years to come about the backroom shenanigans he's engaged in to further his own personal agendas.