The presidency of George W. Bush was supposed to be a return to the Reagan era of compassionate conservatism presidential leadership, as he called on the United States to “act with humility” in foreign affairs and not to engage in the process of “nation-building” in war-torn regions of the world at the 2000 general election debates.
What unraveled in our post 9/11 was anything but a return to humility, as our nation would soon be in the midst of two wars, while passing legislation to limit civil liberties domestically in the Patriot Act and creating of a new Department of Homeland Security. The Bush administration also proceeded to open up prisons around the world to torture suspected terrorists – all with the justification to keep Americans and the world at large safe from more terrorist attacks.
Was the world any safer at the end of W’s presidency than on the day before 09/11 attacks? How are we dealing with the consequences of the Bush Years today? We close our 3 parter Bush series with this final episode focusing on the W. years.
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