Is President Bush a good thinking President?

Question

However, Bush is not a thinking President. His thoughts, if any at all, and words orginate from his cabinet officers and advisers who in turn represent vested interests. He is just the mouthpiece but then is de facto the Commander in Chief, opposition be damned!
If America expects to win by sending in another 20 plus thousand troops, the country better be prepared first for more body bags and another round of conscription as replacements for war deaths and wounded.
Although defeat is a very scary word and not in the lexicon of Bush (and his cohorts), neither is outright victory. America cannot win, not when it is fighting as an occupying force against enemies whose cause is to defeat the invaders and to force them out of their land.
Everyone can see that the cause of the Iraqi insurgents is by far a greater force of will than America's professional and conscripted soldiers who really have no wish to be on Iraqi soil in the first place if they had a choice.
This is likely a long war of attrition which will see America admitting defeat just like Vietnam when body count of US deaths mounts and the Democrat-controlled congress refuses additional fundings,
The Amemrican people must ask loudly why their country should spend so much money to remain in Iraq, besides paying with American lives.
All this is in fact done to serve the interests of big businesses, especially those in arms manufacture and even more so in the oil business.
One can recall that the first action of the American 'governor' following the 'successful' invasion of Iraq was to carve up the oil interest in Iraq and distribute these to American companies. The same fate befell other major economic sector businesses.
Question is how long does one think the Iraqis would condone this economic rape and looting of their land.
The Iraqis are waking up to realaise that they have been 'liberated' from a brutal tyrant only to become economic slaves in their own land to the do-gooders.
However, the even bigger question is whether the Shiites would really cooperate with the Sunnis or for that matter America to see an end to sectarian strifes for a more stabilised Iraq. Perhaps Al-Maliki would prefer the current statu quo which better serves the Shiite interest and will therefore certainly do whatever is necessary to keep America mired in Iraq so that he and his sect can stay in power, again to further their own end.
Bush wants to be remembered in history as a can-do President. He desperately wishes to withdraw and he would if he could. For quite a long while to come, this can only remain on his 'dearest wish' list. Reality is that America through the incompetent leadership of a poor Presidient, must be ready for the long grind before the country can extricate its troops home.
Changing the war 'managers' and sending more troops is really the best joke of them all but for the fact that one cannot laugh over the dead bodies of Americans and Iraqis.

Answer 1

He has a punch of advisers with their own agenda and whoever wins his heart, not his mind, will put words in his mouth.

Answer 2

Finish the maturing process & then your opinion will mean something to people who have lived through 13 different administrations of presidency. President Bush is much smarter than you give him credit. To start with he was elected twice - if he is as dumb as you think how dumb would the voters be. He graduated from Yale & Harvard & I assume you are not attending either - I thought not. If he was a person who allowed others to think for him, he would just give up & do what you & the Democrats want him to do. There is no benefit for him to continue to argue other than to save the Iraqis & the honor of the USA since he can not run again & says he does not care what history says of his presidency. Why do you think you know best even though you are not priviledged to the intel that the President reads & hears every day? Your arrogance shows stupidity not intelligence.

Answer 3

i think of Bush is as stupid as Dale Earnhardt Junior. can not supply an clever answer to an consumer-friendly question. can not inspect the digicam while he's speaking and has a sq. finding head that would desire to look extra advantageous fixed on a totem pole. This guy is an a## and has no value of human existence and could be positioned on trial for conflict crimes.

Answer 4

The Middle East will never be peaceful without ending the Israeli occupation. This is the conclusion of the UN, EU, Backer-Hamilton report, and President Carter new book.

Answer 5

Bush needs to ride the retarded bus. Though I am not very political I do know that his war and other decisions he has made were not good ones. I don't think he is really the president. His father has been nosing around ever since he popped on the scene. He has hand in on a lot of decisions and Bush looks scared to death know that there will be some consequences about his decisions.

Answer 6

Yes, I believe that President Bush, like most of our Presidents, are probably above average in intelligence. I'm certain that he can structure a sentence in a correct manner. Why do you ask?

Answer 7

-----Yes, President Bush is a good thinking President. I did not bother to read all that junk after your "question"; this is not the place for that. ---Jim

Answer 8

Yes.

Answer 9

No, but people who answer their own questions with long diatribes are pretty annoying.

Answer 10

i agree with post above president bush is in office only so his daddy can have a few more years in power.