Did Clinton do a better job than Bush as President?

Question

I have read some people here believe Clinton had nothing to do with the Iraq War and if he was still in office would not have started a war with Iraq. Also some who think Bush started this war all on his own and should be blamed for not finding WMD's. Do you think this is true?

PS-After you post your answer click on the below CNN link.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9812/16/clinton.iraq.speech/

Answer 1

I'm here in Iraq now.....I'll tell you this.........don't believe everything you read or hear on the news........

Answer 2

Clinton was a better president than Bush, hands down. Leaving out Clinton's personal infidelity, his Presidency achieved a lot for the average American. I think Americans (for the most part) enjoyed Bill Clinton's Presidency. We had the largest growth in our economy in history, largest drop in proverty in nearly 40 years, highest homeownership and job creation on record, and lowest inflation and unemployment rate since the 1960s. Bush will be known domestically for his causing the US government to experience a deficit after Clinton's administration provided a surplus in 2000, No Child Left Behind policy which didn't provide enough federal funds to a make a difference, and the $1.3 trillion tax cut that benefits mostly upper middle to upper class.

Foreign Policy accomplishments will be Bush's legacy. The Bush administration withdrew U.S. support for several international agreements, including the Kyoto Protocol, the International Criminal Court, and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) with Russia. His war in Afghanistan and Iraq will be questionable not in how he defeated the radical governments that were in place but in how the countries evolved 5 years (or more) after the radicals governments were defeated.

Answer 3

To answer the first Question, yes. Clinton did a better job then Bush for many reasons. During his presidency America had the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, lowest inflation in 30 years, highest home ownership in the country's history, dropping crime rates, reduced welfare rolls, and he proposed the first balanced budget in decades, and reached a budget surplus. And he bombed Iraq when Saddam Hussein stopped United Nations inspections for evidence of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapon. I read all of this information on the white house website. Bush is not to be blamed because he was just following faulty evidence. He really believed there were WMD and thought he was acting in America's best interest. Clinton probably would of just handled the war differently, based on the past ways he has used the military. So to answer the second question "Do you think this is true?" No, I know this isn't true.

Answer 4

I dont believe that you can blame iraq alone on the president. There are a lot of strings being pulled and he has said himself that foriegn policy is not his strength. You have to give him credit because he aknowledges this and has pulled professionals in to help him throughout these last years. Now, when it comes to the supposed weapons of mass destruction, and "saddam /alqueda" link it is obvious or has been obvious to some of us that this was not a concrete enough excuse for the invasion and was just that, an excuse. When it comes to clinton alone vs. bush I definately believe clinton is more capable of running this country and much more intelligent than our current president.

Answer 5

I get this feeling that Bush became president because he thought that it was in his cards to do so. I am not a very critical man, but he just seems to fallow what the people around him think is best and not what he feels maybe best. At the time all signs were pointing to the fact that they did have WMD's, and were using the fact that Iraq wouldn't let the inspectors in their boarders as a sign of guilt.

I don't think it was so much of a failure to go into war, but a HUGE falling out after it was over.

Bush just seems to rub people the wrong way, especially those in other countries. His foreign policies are poor at best, and his approach to most problems outside of our boarders are bad. Just because we are the 'superpower' doesn't mean we have to police the world and make everyone view the world from our eyes. If we keep bullying people in this way things can only end badly.

So yes.... Clinton was better.

Answer 6

Wont be able to answer that for 8 years. People make mistakes, that is human nature. I did not agree with or understand some of the stuff Clinton did, I see now that it was a tough call.
I do not agree with some stuff that Bush has us in, I will not know if it was justified or not until the Freedom of Information Act is re-instated.

Answer 7

The Clinton White House did more harm than good for America . Besides putting our national security at risk countless times , 9/11 may have been prevented if Clinton did not refuse capture of Osama bin Laden . The only "job" Clinton did , was doing a number on America ; and abusing his oath of office .

Answer 8

clinton didnt worry about osama because his family wasnt in the oil biz with the bin ladens. george bush family was. after 9/11, the only plane allowed in the air was the one that took the bin laden family home. clinton had some good ideas going in, but they were squashed by the republicans, and it would be the same if it were a republican vs the democrats. the fact is, none of them deserve to be there, they dont represent the majority and havent for many years. they are professional politicians there for themselves, and will do whatever it takes, right or wrong , to hold their positions. look at the way things are, a couple of weeks ago bush says we need to do something about social security. he knew that 6 years ago and did nothing about it. all our government is good at is telling lies and covering up their mistakes.

Answer 9

Clinton was a far better president, To begin with, he was actually elected for both terms. But going beyond that, this war in Iraq is Mr Bush's war of choice. It is going to be the death of the GOP for years. I don't blame Bush for not finding WMDs. I blame him for lying to the American people about them in order to justifiy his war.

Answer 10

It tells you the state of "senseless" this united states of america is in. What would the solutions be like in the event that they might ballot clever human beings. a super sort of the folk they ballot do no longer even know who the vice chairman is or who's Condaleza Rice. CNN targets a undeniable section and that they love those college pupils , their solutions are only what they are finding for. all of them think of Oprah could run for president.

Answer 11

I don't listen to anything on CNN. They are biased and opinionated left wing leaning liberals. Anyway. He was so tied down with rape charges, conspiracy charges, perjury charges and what not that he was pretty much useless. He did say he wanted to go back into Baghdad but with everything that was against him he knew he would never ever get the support he needed. So again, CNN is the confused News Network.