What will history conclude about George W.?

Answer 1

That he was the son of a former president, an ex-governor of Texas, and president during the 9-11 crisis. During his term the U. S. went to war with Afghanistan and Iraq in an attempt to halt terrorism. The Iraq war (see also Bush's War) was highly unpopular with the American people and was never resolved successfully.

Answer 2

"History books ALWAYS summarize and never give concrete facts about what really happened."

Evidently loryntoo hasn't read any actual history books outside high school textbooks. There have already been several books published about Bush's 'regime' and there will be countless more as the years go by.

As far as what will 'history' conclude, that is up to history. The near future will conclude he made poor decisions and helped to bring America's economy, military, and educational systems to a new low. Whether his invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan prove to be the right choice in the long run is not something that will be known in our lifetime.

Regardless of what many people choose to believe (belief does not in any way determine reality) US involvement in the Middle East will not fix things in a short term period. If it does at all, it will be over the course of decades. And that's a big 'if.'

Answer 3

That the Iraq invasion and attempted occupation & democratization was an example of failing to learn from history. 'Vietnamization' failed under Nixon - though it did get us out of the war - and 'Iraqization' will fail in Iraq. The current government in Iraq will crumble when we leave, and there will be chaos for awhile until another strong man takes charge. If the invasion was necessary due to concern about weapons of mass destruction, America should have left IMMEDIATELY when that threat was proven false. Trying to occupy a country that does not wish to be occupied is folly. Britain realized that about America in 1781. It simply was not worth the cost.
History will say in retrospect that it was a mistake to invade since there were no WMD's. This mistake was compounded by trying to stay and "CHANGE" the people there. It's difficult enough to change ONE person. Sectarian differences dating back many centuries cannot be smoothed over. No quick fix is possible. A military axiom is "Never reinforce failure" - - yet we have just done so this year. Historians will not be kind.
[ I also like "loryntoo's" answer for general "gloss over"textbooks.]

Answer 4

What did history conclude about Roosevelt? It took 7 years to leave Italy, 15 to leave Japan and Germany. We still have 34,000.00 troops in South Korea. He started something great, that noone had the balls to do before it was too late.

Answer 5

The kindest historians will say he made misguided mistakes which lead to a disastrous war, probably comparing him to incompetant leaders like Kaiser Wilhelm II or George III. The harshest will say he was greedy for oil and power, and compare him with the likes of Napoleon and Hitler.

Answer 6

excellent on foreign policy, poor on domestic. Contrary to the tons of whiners out there about Iraq, he did and continues to do the right thing there.

Not doing enough to secure our own borders however

Answer 7

That Warren G. Harding really was a much better President than W.

Answer 8

Not up to the job.
Might have been a decent principal for an agricultural college.

Answer 9

Dangerous fool

Answer 10

Most shallow and worst ever.