EdelBrock wrote:
Positives:
Increased military pay (Clinton years had most military members in poverty levels).
replaced military gear (most aging from the Korean War era) to modern day standards.
Implimented a federal plan to oversee the failing education process in the US (granted the NCLB policy has many problems, but it paved the way for federal intervention and accountability)
Humanitarian aide to Africa
Immediate response to 9/11 brought nation together
No attacks on American soil since 9/11
Policy for open discussion between international banks to track transactions aiding terrorist organisations that had before gone under the radar.
Created Homeland Security (again, has its flaws but has closed a large gap in our national security)
These are just some off the top of my head...
not to mention the actions in the ME (Invading Iraq/Afganistan), but those can only be properly guaged years from now to see how it all pans out.
Bush has many flaws and has made many poor desicions as well. His main failure as a president is not keeping citizen morale up throughout his presidency, which is the main job of a president.
What a load of bollocks.
Increased military pay? you mean in line with the inflation he's caused as a result of his ridiculous oil policies?
Immediate response to 9/11? You mean sitting there reading a book, and then flying around the country seemingly at random? Guiliani did more to "bring the nation together" and even more remarkably, it would have happened anyway!
No attacks on American soil since 2001? Well thats an achievement. But what aboutt he attacks on American Citizens and targets worldwide since then? And how many before 2001? What, the Oklahoma bombing? the 1993 attacks? Before that? Erm... not a lot. Again, not an achievement.
Humanitarian Aid to Africa? Of course, because Africa has really improved since 2001... 
Paved the way for Federal intervention in schools? How is that an achievement? What will it actually do? Its utterly meaningless.
Created Homeland Security? Bit late! And how much did that cost? And what has it achieved? Absolutely nothing. Just see how many actual threats there were to the US prior to 2001. And you know what, if Bush, had bothered to act in to the Document entitled "Bin Laden to Attack US using Aircraft in 2001" by increasing Airport and Airplane security by issuing simple directives to Airports and there staff, such a department wouldnt need exist. It jsut a way of creating an illusion and feeling of fear in America to justify the restriction of civil liberties and direct attention away from other acts of utter stupidity.
Policy for open discussion between banks to track transactions to terrorists. Standard practice in most countries you'll find. Nothing groundbreaking. CIA have been doing something similar for years and it never needed mentioning!
His main failure as president is Citizen morale? Well, i suppose thats one way of describinh economic collapse, disastrous foreign policy, failure on crime, failure on health care, failure on pretty much everything.
But hey, he replaced military gear. Because those super stealth aircraft used to bomb Afghanistan and Iraq were just useless. And by god, you'll need a super stealth laser gun to tackle suicide bombing Iraqis, or pistol wieding maniacs.
