On a real serious note..........is George Bush mentally unstable?

Question

He looks and talks like he is completely stupid. He has jeopardised the safety of the world with his gung-ho tactics. Not only that - he has done the American people a serious injustice. Bush has opened up the most serious can of worms ever - we will forever be under threat of terrorism and extremism. What was once a reasonably mutually respectful world a few years ago, has now turned into one gigantic war field. I am so glad I decided against having children. God only knows what I would be leaving them to face. I hope that now the Americans have a choice as to who governs them in the future, they get rid of this lunatic and his party and make way for someone - if there is anyone there - who is not wrapped up in their own self importance and has a real desire to repair the mess of this idiot. By the way, obvious I know, but I'm British and until Blair became Bushes puppy, I was proud of it. My only concern now is for those boys out there that are frightened and should be home!

No disrispect ROCH COP but you obviously work for the PR machine that is trying to proove Bush has done no wrong. Regardless of property, stockmarket, inflation and everything else you say....because of him, parents have lost sons and daughters, children have lost mums and dads..............thousands upon thousands have dies and continue to die whilst Bush bubbles out more crap to the world whilst eating his caviar! Please.....

Answer 1

Of course he isn’t!

Just because you disagree with his policies does not mean that he’s “mentally unstable”. Frankly, the fact that you would suggest such a thing says a lot about the kind of person *you* are. “We have a difference of opinion, therefore I’m right, you’re wrong, and, oh by the way, you must be a right nutter for thinking differently to me!” Excuse me?

The following is an over-simplification, of course, but it illustrates my point of view. Iraq invaded Kuwait and an international coalition of forces kicked him out. Now instead of going all the way to Baghdad and removing Saddam, we left him in power and imposed sanctions so that he would never be able to build up his armed forces to a dangerous level again.

Then, of course, we find that he exceeded the limits of those sanctions. So, what do we do?

You, I’m sure would simply have gone and had talks with Saddam and then return to us saying that you had guaranteed “Peace in our time”. Luckily, some of us have better memories than you (or are better educated) and we remember what happened the last time someone (Neville Chamberlain) said that. So, we decided not to follow the same course of action that last time lead to a world war that cost the lives of 50 million people, we decided that *this time* we’d learn from past mistakes and sort Saddam out *before* he became powerful enough to be a big problem.

Again, I’m quite sure that *you* would say “Oh, but it wouldn’t have happened *this* time!” Really? Well, personally, I’m not prepared to bet the lives of millions of people on the belief.

Remember that Bush, and most sane people, want nothing more than the “Peace in our time” that you do. Unfortunately, there are evil people around who do not; the kind of people who fly aircraft into skyscrapers. Should we just sit around and do nothing about that?

Oh and Tom, can you explain exactly what your problem is with the video clip you posted a link to? It sounded like a perfectly good response to me. He said that it’s not an issue that had been raised before and therefore he would have to discuss it with his advisors before he could give a statement of national policy. That’s what happens in democracies. Or would you rather he behaved like a dictator? Would that make you happier?

Answer 2

Personnaly I don't believe Bush is a good president, either for the USA or as a world statesman. Doesn't come across as having the intelligence to do such an important job. That certainly doesn't mean he's mentaly unstable though.

However, when you say "what was once a reasonably mutually respectfuk world a few years ago", I'm not sure you've really sat down and thought about it. In the last hundered years we've had two world wars, Korea, Vietnam, hundreds of smaller conflicts all round the world, the IRA, Black September, Bader Meinhof, the cold war, the cuban missile crisis....

I could go on, but basically its pretty unreasonable to imply that the world was great before Bush came. It's not necessarily any better now I grant you...

Answer 3

I don't think he is any more unstable than the rest of us - he's just very, very simple. Days before his first election, Bartleby's encyclopedia site had 2 small 'magazine' items on it's home page illustrating the contents. One was about IQ testing of Apes who had been taught sign language. The most brilliant ape scored an IQ of 89.
Next to it was an article about the IQ's of American presidents. I can't remember them except that Nixon's was v.high - and George W.'s was 93.

The site drew no parallels - it just presented the facts. That version of the home page vanished within 36 hours.

That's the other bit of the equation. George may only be just this side of sentient but he has got people looking after his (and their own) interests. They're the ones that scare me. Plus the other 300 million pretty much like George as far as we can see.

Answer 4

Bush comes across stupid because he is a puppet for the elite that is truly running the USA. Reagan for example had looked and "acted" more composed whilst doing conferences therefore convincing the world he was in control, Afterall he was an Actor.
In a nutshell Bush cannot act! And it also appears he listens to a live comlink when speaking in public which leads him into talking absolute crap and sounding very stupid.
Even Al Gore has made a movie," See the connection"? He would.ve made a great president because he can act.
So the answer to this question is: Is George Bush mentally unstable? A* NO, just a very poor actor. Arnie for president? HEHE

Answer 5

well, the way i see it is that bush is the only hope we have.Anyone can jump on the lefty bandwagon and spout the usual irritating cliches about a man with double your iq(hes reached the office of the most powerful person in the world.and you are.?)
Its easy to take the moral high ground while you surround yourself with goods made from oil ,painted with oil and transported with oil, making inane statements that you have a right to make because united states and british troops are fighting to give you the right to be ignorant if you want to be.
Dont the oppressed people of iraq and afghanistan deserve that right too?People dont go to war because they like war....freedom isnt free my friend ..but its ok theyll pay for your freedom with their blood.president bush is aware of the costs in terms of votes that the iraq campaign is to him but he doesnt waiver and follows what he percieves to be right and true.
dont you realise that islam is your enemy, that when blair tells you theyre contributing to the economy he means his vote.
Muslims want your homeland . so what shall we do..we shall make their homeland a democracy so they wont feel the nedd to come to england.
usa doesnt cause terrorism ..it answers it with swift and blinding justice.
was usa in iraq before 9/11.
was it us foreign policy that made the palestinians murder the israeli athletic team in munich?
The next time your watching the bbc show lebanese or palestinian children smeared with tomato ketchup for the cameras after an israeli artillery response, think about the rockets they just fired indescriminately into israel.
wake up and smell the coffee

Answer 6

He does show symptoms of pre senile dementia. Added to that the fact that he is a paranoid psychopath (All world leaders are, and always will be, it is in the job description) and a fundamentalist extreme right wing Christian to boot who is in bed with very venal multinational and secretive agencies, it does not bode well for world peace does it? He considers that the US constitution is an impediment to his job, lies consistently about anything that he does that is contrary to human rights (Extraordinary rendition, torture, making the US military invunerable to responsiblity for their actions in the World Court and lying about global warming) 75% of British citizens see Dubya as a bigger threat to democracy and world peace than Kim Il Jung. Why is that we wonder? Is it because of his gung ho arrogance and venal ignorance? We should be told. The public has a right to know!

Answer 7

what is it with people like you selective memmory there was a peacekeeping force deployed in in there country stopping them killing each other so they flew aeroplanes into ...cililian structures ... bommed trains and may all hells fury be there reward bombed a school and there reasioning was o the americans there after our oil do you realy think the yanks are so short of it not to mention the compassion of the american not to have just nuked the place flat o and that was the insane jorge bush with his finger on the button showing all that restraint it leaves me with no wonder as to how the captured enamy said theyd watched the storm of gods rath ride in as thy attack happened

Answer 8

He has to be unstable the mess he has got American Troops into.I believe they could heve got Saddam with out attacking Iraq.
Bush & Blair have so much blood on there hands.

Answer 9

I think the fact that he was voted for presidential election in the first place shows that there is a definite veil of corruption and ineptitude over the ordinary hard working Americans eyes, by those who wish to obtain power for their own gains and not to help Americans. eg the dismal help provided to victims of Katrina.

I beleive he is a pawn. A very simple, insignificant pawn.

Answer 10

Yes I think he is control freak and possbile megalomaniac. I agree about not being able to speak properly. I hope the damage that he has caused his nation can eventually be undone but I'm not so sure. We are also in danger as a country because of him and Tony Blair being so "friendly"