George Bush Was a Good President

A) The invasion of Iraq might not have been completely justified by 9/11 but why does that make Bush a bad president? He freed a nation from an oppressive dictator who caused problems for the U.S. in the first Gulf War. Bush spread freedom to the Middle East and created American allies in an area that desperately needed stability. That is the mark of a good president. He created a free nation, that is what being American is about, Freedom. Spreading freedom, defending freedom and uniting peoples. That is what we have stood for since July 4th, 1776. If you are opposing the spread of freedom then you are opposing American ideas which in turn opposes America. If you ever watch the news you would also know that we have troops and/or operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, both of which you named as being responsible for 9/11. And in the case of Saudi-Arabia just because someone is from Saudi-Arabia does not mean the country should be held responsible for the actions of individual citizens. If I were to go and bomb some country in the name of my religion the fact that I was America should have not put entire countries to blame. We used Iraq as a beachhead to fight terrorism in the Middle East. It was never about getting the people responsible it has always been a War on Terror, terrorism not parties involved in 9/11. B) Okay so I cannot use hard evidence to prove that he had the country's best interest at heart but you cannot disagree that his moral values were good. He was trying to protect this nation from terrorism. Not just this nation he was trying to rid the world of terrorism. A noble goal if you ask me. C) He was a good President in the economy situation because he respected peoples' rights involving a free market economy. He did not encroach on their rights by changing peoples companies and businesses. He protected the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. 1. So just because someone fails to meet a difficult goal they are a bad person? So if I set my goal to win this debate and I lose I am suddenly a terrible person and a bad debater? No, failure does not mean a person is a bad person, failure just means they did not complete their goals. That means that everyone has this bad virtue, everyone fails no one can complete every challenge they meet, that does not make them bad people. 2. Obama has only been in office for 3 months and he is already spending more. Also Bush spent more than any president in history due to inflation. The previous wars costs were in the millions but now days the war costs are in the billions due to inflation. Also the fighting has died down considerably since Obama took office. Bush had to fund a war that was at its peak. Also it takes billions of dollars to fund the military everyday, wartime or not. Every president has to pay that, not just Bush and not just Obama. You say - 3. So because more people didn't die, Bush was a good president?? Please. We have spent 3 Trillion dollars in the Middle east, and all we have is an 'almost stable' country. And the fact that terrorists have fled to Pakistan is not a good one! This just means we have not eliminated them, and that they are regrouping. 3. No but it shows that Bush had the right people in charge and the war was executed correctly. It was the sign of a good leader. If you win a battle with minimum loses then you are considered a good general and the President is Commander in Chief of all American forces. The fact that the terrorists are moving to neighboring countries IS a good sign it means that we have pushed them out of the areas of American occupation. We will never be able to destroy the whole terrorist movement but we can force it out of the places we don't want it to be. We are winning despite what the liberal media decides to tell people. He set up a war that we are winning. That is the sign of a good leader.