Is there any other administration that has bundled foreign policy for the U.S. as badly as the Bush admin.?

Question

Maybe LBJ with his madcap rush to ramp up the Vietnam war, but seriously, I really can't think of another.

I knew someone would say Jimmy Carter, um, he gained a lasting peace treaty between the warring Israel and Egypt camps. Iran", um, Iranians choose to overthrow a corrupt leader and have their own country, though, it was contrary to our wishes.

Answer 1

nope, they are the bottom.
Dead last.

Answer 2

Try Jimmy Carter. He gave the world the theocracy in Iran thats currently hungering for WW III, Afganistan, and he had a good chance at losing the Cold War.
Thanks Jimmy!

Answer 3

I don't really see that Bush's foreign policy has been bad at all. And since you seem unwilling or unable to list any specific policies or how you see their ramifications as negatives, I will just have to go on how I see it.

The War on Terror. Very strong, very bold, very necessary. We (all democratic non-Muslim societies) have an adversary that has grown in power and strength every time we failed to adequately respond to them. Bush has been able to bring together many countries to combat terrorism, to bring together tools to use against them, so they can be found and destroyed.

There is the Proliferation Security Initiative.
The economic assistance to South American countries that helped them.
The multi-lateral approach to curbing North Korean nuclear development.
Removing politically motivated and harmful restraints or condemnations of Israel that prevented them from adequately protecting themselves.
Bolstered the Musharraf regime in Pakistan, fostered improved relations with India, improved anti-terrorism strength in other Arab countries.
Strong support of former Soviet slave states to protect themselves from continued Russian heavy-handedness.

Not that I agree with everything he's done, but your assessment of Bush's foreign policy as simply disastrous is basically ill-informed and more partisan than factual.

Answer 4

Kennedy almost started WWIII with his bungling on Cuba

Carter screwed up just about everything possible in foreign relations with his idealism against reality vision

Clinton set us up for Iraq

Lincoln alienated nearly all the great powers with his tariffs and illegal blockades

Wilson invaded the Soviet Union setting up the animosity that lasts to this day

Answer 5

While I certainly don't agree with the president about everything, I simply don't understand all the Bush bashing! Why is it that when someone stands up and actually tries to defend our country, our people and our way of life instead of blaming the US for all the world problems they are bashed? I for one am sick of it and all those like you who can't see the trees for the forest. What is it going to take to stop and rethink our attitudes about our country and our founding. Our founding fathers are probably rolling over in their graves. We are destroying our country with this "everything is America's fault" attitude. The truth is, for all his faults, he is the first president since Reagan to have the balls to get something done and everyone, even many in his own party are fighting him tooth and nail for the sake of politics. I think it appalling!

Answer 6

You need to get your eyes checked. I think the word you were looking for is bunGled. Bundled means to wrap up.

LBJ and Carter were both worse. Clinton didn't accomplish anything but everyone liked him and he was a Democrat so I guess that makes him OK.

Answer 7

I'm 50 years old and I've heard that same thing said about every president in those 50 years. You're nothing special just another Neo-Lib blow hard.

Answer 8

You need to make a guess.

Answer 9

Bush is waiting for GOD to clean up his bloody mess