George Bush was a Genocidal Maniac

I will begin by addressing my opponents points. "Besides having his highest disapproval rating after both presidents Truman and Nixon, Bush has also invaded a developing nation (Iraq) on the basis that they are producing nuclear weapons. " This Statement is factually inaccurate, as there were many reasons for the launching of Operation Iraqi Freedom. One of them happened to be the violation of 14 UN Resolution over a period of 12 years that specifically related to Iraq's refusal to abide by the Desert Storm Ceasefire Agreement. At no point was it ever asserted that Iraq was producing Nuclear Weapons, it was asserted that Iraq was actively attempting to acquire the resources to build, Nuclear Weapons. The primary reason for the invasion was the concern that an Iraq with Nuclear, Biological, Chemical (NBC) weapons had the potential to sell or deliver these weapons to a terror organisation that had demonstrated its ability to attack the USA on it's own soil on two occasions. Also, it was not the US alone that demanded Iraq not have WMD's, it was essentially the entire world. "I mean Iraq is only using nuclear weapons as a way of protection. Israel gets to have nuclear weapons so Iraq and Iran should get a right as well. " The difference between Iraq/Iran and Israel, is that to my knowledge Israel has not launched unilateral military operations against it's enemies ever. Whereas the former have done so on many occasions. Iraq used Chemical weapons during the Iran/Iraq war in the 1980's . http://en.wikipedia.org... Iraq used Chemical weapons against it's own population in it's assault on the Kurds also in the 1980's . http://en.wikipedia.org... Those are just two prime examples of Iraq's use of NBC weaponry against not only its enemies, but also it's own population. Israel does not have the rap sheet that Iraq does, as such, with all due respect, the comparison is irrelevant to the example provided. "They even went in thinking they were liberators, no you just made soldiers kill innocent people for no gain whatsoever. " I would at this point demand that the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) or the Rules of Engagement (ROE) of US Forces in Iraq include the active and willful targeting of innocent people, or in the event that my opponent cannot produce such documentation, I would ask for definitive examples where US Forces have wantonly engaged innocent civilians. In addition, the general consensus amoung Iraqi's and most reasonable people, is that the only individuals who actively target innocent Iraqi's are the insurgent forces seeking to intimidate the population of Iraq against US Forces and the Democratically Elected Government of Iraq. "Besides his mistakes in Iraq, Bush messed up with his tax cuts. Too deep, especially for top earners, resulting in chronic budget deficits that have only added to the current economic crisis and weakened the dollar. " I would ask my opponent to explain further what exactly he means when he says 'tax cuts for top earners'. At face value he appears to be stating that top earners got a larger tax cut than an average earner. If this is the case his logic would be flawed because a 10% tax cut would yield more money to a top earner, as the top earner is taxed more than a medium earner is taxed. "Then there was Katrina-- Feds should have stepped in immediately with financial help to the insurance industry while they forced them to pay homeowners claims immediately to start the rebuilding faster. Most of the damage was caused by the failure of a federal levee. Bush paid a huge price for letting damage fester in New Orleans. " This assertion is flawed. In this Democratic Republic, responses to crises like this are to be dealt with at the Local and State Level first. If the Local and State Officials feel that they are incapable of dealing with the crisis they then yield control to the Federal Government. You'll notice the LA didn't activate their own National Guard, that there were hundreds of school buses submerged still in their parking lot, New Orleans knew the hurricane was coming the instant it formed and did nothing to prepare for the worst case scenario. The Washington Post reported on an attempt by the Bush Administration to take authority of the situation from LA Governor Blanco on Friday Sept 2 2005. This demonstrates that the State of LA had total control of what was going on for 4 days after Katrina made land fall on Monday Aug 29 2005. . http://www.washingtonpost.com... So the assertion that the catastrophe of Katrina lays exclusively at the feet of the Bush Administration is flawed. Unless you support the unilateral usurpation of States Rights by the Federal Govt at any time the Fed chooses. "He also ran up the national debt, which some people blame on the Clinton administration. $750,000,000 a day on Iraq can hurt. .. I mean just look at the uses that are beneficial to the country with $750,000,000. Besides body bags and bullets. .. Many people could be getting the medical coverage they need. Many schools could be built for the nations youth and their educational needs. " Are you suggesting then that retaliation for the attacks on 9/11, in addition to the prosecution of Al Queida's [sp] supporting government was not a reasonable action? The last time I checked prosecuting a war costs money, more so than it did 60 years ago? In addition, HealthCare and Education are all line items in the National Budget. If I'm not mistaken Education receives almost as much as Defense does. While it would be nice to use that money else where, it would be equally as nice to not have foreign nationals attacking US Citizens on our own soil. "While Bush may have been nothing more than a puppet to vice president the only assumption that is true about him is that through out his presidency America has never encountered any terrorist attacks after the events that occurred on 9/11. " I would also request that my opponent present evidence that President Bush was only a mouth piece for the puppet master, Dick Cheney. Every President has a cabinet, whom he appoints, and who are essentially advisers to the President. Using my opponents logic, it can be stated that every President is a puppet of his Cabinet, particularly if he actively seeks advice from the Cabinet and acts on that advice. Nothing my opponent has presents demonstrates that GW Bush was a genocidal maniac, or a terrible president. In fact many of his assertions have no foundation in fact. I've demonstrated that GW Bush operated reasonably within the rule of law both locally and internationally as it relates to examples my opponent has presented, and that is really all that can be expected from a President as his Administration deals with the predictability that is human nature. I therefore urge you to vote Con. Thank You What evidence do you have that Bush was a 'puppet' of Vice President Cheney?