Are Bush's critics giving him too much credit?

Question

They blame Bush for everything, yet no president ever makes decisions on his own.
Decisions are mostly made after they have been agreed upon by hundreds of military and political advisors, many of whom are considered brilliant.
Is it too simplistic to say the "buck stops w/ him", and discount the responsibility and the input of top Congressmen and Military advisors?

PALEO CON---Bush alone is not ignoring these people who dissagree w/ his decisions; most of the other advisors also dissagree w/ them.
Bush is a team player.

JUST FOR FUN-- He dissagreed w/ many top military advisors because they were suggesting old methods of solving new problems.You can no longer confront an enemy along conventional front lines, and preemptive strikes have become wiser choices.
If you remember they tried to disarm everyone, but there were huge amounts of weapons stashed all over the country.

PAIEO-CON-- Asking for more troops was asking for more targets for the hit-and-run tactics of the Iraqis.
Thats what beat the Russians in Afgahnistan.

Bush has said many times that he does not believe his critics are unpatriotic.

GDEACH-- When you say "Bush listens to know one", instead of Bush listens to no one, and you use almost no punctuation, your carelessness in reading is so obvious that it would be dificult for anyone to have an intelligent conversation w/ you.

Even your spelling is 2nd grade.

I'll offer some sincere advice:---When you read, make it a search for TRUTH and not a search for facts that you might be able to twist into weapons to use in an arguement.

Answer 1

What you fail to mention is that Bush does not listen to the military or many politicians.


Justforfun has an excellent answer.


Bush is a team player eh? Is that why he wouldn't listen to the generals that requested more troops? Is that why he nominated his incompetent friend to head FEMA? Is that why he labels anyone who opposed him (until the recent election time) as unpatriotic?

Answer 2

The senior Military advisors cautioned against going to war in Iraq with inadequate troop strength . This is public knowledge and yet Bush choose to commit the troops we had to battle . This was his choice and done so against the better judgment of those who spend their time doing nothing put going over numbers and plans to control a region .
This is not a war of attrition where battle is defined as cutting of supplies to all the people and forcing everyone to surrender . The entire nation should have been forced to hand over all weapons and rebuild under the supervision of the American military .Instead we took out one leader and his government only to discover that the people are divided along religious Ideology that can not co-exist .
So yes I can and do blame Mr. Bush for this war and the current outcome so far .

Answer 3

"I hear the voices, and I read the front page, and I know the speculation. But I'm the decider, and I decide what is best"
George Bush 4/18 2006
1.Is not the President the leader of his party
2.How many times has bush exercised his Veto power?
3.Who's Idea was it to go to Iraq
4. Why does Colin Powell say he now regrets the speech he gave at the UN in 03
5. How can you be so oblivious
6. Try having something to back up what u say

Answer 4

Sorry, but THE BUCK DOES STOP THERE!!!! He IS responsible for the people he appoints and the decisions he makes. That's why he is called the Chief Executive. It's not the fault of his brilliant advisers that he chooses to believe their arss kissing lies or fails to recognize honest analysis when given.

Answer 5

I don't think he has the intelligence to come up with some of the things he's blamed for. It is, or was, the evil triumvirate, working together that are responsible for most of the damage.

Answer 6

That's all well and good if he would listen to them why do you think he has so many people resigning and trying to get out..... INTERNATIONAL COURT

Answer 7

Bush told us he is the decider and he gets to decide what is best not you.