Sami Jamil Jadallah – George W. Bush's Legacy; A Foot in the Mouth, a Shoe in the Face!
By Sami Jamil Jadallah • Dec 27th, 2008 at 15:21 • Category: Analysis, Features, Middle East Issues, Newswire, WarThank God/Allah there are only a few weeks left in George W. Bush’s presidency. No president in the history of the US has done so much damage to the country, to the US Constitution and the world like George W. Bush has. For sure George W. Bush will go down in history as the worst president ever in the history of the US and for good reason. Not only has he engaged the country in his war on Iraq with lies and reckless and irresponsible management of the war, but he put his Republican cronies on Wall Street and K Street, fleecing the country and stripping the US treasury clean, allowing the Federal government to trample all of the constitutional rights that made the US such a great and special country.
No need to go into all of the verbal mumbo jumbo that became trademark of George W. Bush and the source of laughter on late night television; it is so easy to go to YouTube and other websites to see, hear and read an entire encyclopedia of stupid remarks and statements that only an illiterate can manage to say, and the guy claims he graduated from both Yale and Harvard universities. I am sure both universities will set up higher standards for their graduates so that someone like George Bush could never disgrace the names of such reputable schools again. However, poor language skills are one thing, major policy disasters that badly and recklessly cause irreparable harm to the country and the world are another thing.
No thanks to Osama Bin Laden. Osama is perhaps the only person who contributed the most to Bush survival as president of the US; otherwise George Bush would have been laughed out of the White House. The September 11th attack that caused so much damage to the nation all but saved George Bush's presidency.
The entire world without exception stood with the United States as it faced this new scrooge of international terrorism and George Bush with his reckless and stupid policies made sure that Americans would lose this kind of support and lose it very quickly.
The War on Iraq was not America's war, it was the private and experimental war of the few, the Zionist Neocons of Bush and Cheney. It was not a war against Saddam over his killing of over 2 million Iraqis, Iranians and Kurds. This has nothing to do with weapons of mass destruction or nuclear arms, it has everything to do with the private and ideological agenda of Zionists like Paul Wolfowitz, Douglas Feith and Richard Perle among a number of prominent and leading American Jewish Zionists who concocted the war as a way to serve Israel and reshape the Middle East in their own image. The war was nothing but a disaster and once these Zionist Neocons made sure the country was a deep hole, they simply walked away, leaving George Bush and the nation holding the bag. Over $800 Billion from US taxpayers was wasted on this private ideological war, not to mention the lives of some 4,400 of our brave young men and women and over 700,000 Iraqis in addition to the more than a million wounded, both Americans and Iraqis.
With the War on Iraq, George Bush lost focus on the war on terror and his buddy Osama Bin Laden. Fighting terrorism became the new game in town where corporations and experts engaged in their own terrorism, fleecing the nation’s treasury with programs and ideas that did not add to our sense of safety and security. War on terrorism because this business is a big business. While the nation spent hundreds of billions, Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda are alive and well in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. His war policies are nothing but a total failure.
On the home front George Bush did not do any better. His handling of Katrina was nothing but a disaster. His administration was not prepared to tackle and manage the aftermath of such disaster, but his administration was prepared to allow his cronies and so many corporate crooks to again fleece the national treasury in its wake.
However the worst was yet to come. With a Republican evangelical philosophy of little or minimal government, free market and hands off the economy, the crooks on Wall Street made like bandits, pocketing billions of dollars for themselves and some money for their shareholders while implementing and carrying out the largest fleecing scheme ever in the history of the world. Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme of $50 Billion is nothing compared to what these incompetent crooks made off with while fleecing every one they could get into his/her pockets. Once they impoverish the citizens, once they ran out of schemes, they came back to rob and fleece the national treasury out of $700 Billion, with more yet to come.
George Bush is leaving the presidency with a country in financial ruin, with a country in a recession not seen for decades, with an economy that is hemorrhaging jobs like anything unseen since the twenties. George Bush is leaving the presidency and leaving the American Middle Class in total financial ruin. Not only have his buddies and cronies robbed the poor blind with their sub-prime lending, but the middle class was financially wiped out with losses in the trillions of dollars worth of retirement funds and 401Ks.
One thing is for sure, George W. Bush did succeed where Newt Gingrich failed with his "Contract on America" scheme. The Republicans finally succeeded in taking America and 90% of Americans to the poor house while lining their own pockets with hundreds of billions of government contracts. George Bush conspired with his Republican Party to down size the government only to transfer the work of government to the private sectors at triple the cost. Not so sure if Bush learned this at Harvard Business School.
Mr. Bush leaves the presidency with a country that has lost its moral and ethical compass, leaving behind a nation in ruin with little to show for at home and a big loss overseas. No administration ever engaged in the systematic destruction of our constitutional rights and liberties like that of George Bush. His administration engaged in illegal detentions, torture, invasion of privacy with its wire taps without due process or constitutional restriction, engaged in racial profiling not seen since slavery. I am sure he will not be missed by this nation or the world. He has done so much damage to America and the world he should be put on trial for all of his failings. His legacy is an economy in ruin, a middle class all but wiped out, a nation at war on two fronts and failing, the largest organized heist in the nation’s history, and of course more than a million dead. His administration was nothing but a complete failure on all fronts, domestic and international. If any one remembers a single success please do not hesitate to let me know.
Sami Jamil Jadallah is Palestinian-American born in El-Bireh, Palestine, an international business and legal consultant, and a veteran of the US Army. His comments are posted at his website http://www.jeffersoncorner.com.
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1. Taliban has only become more infulential in Pakistan. What happens if the girls and their schools give in? Now, through terror the Taliban gains control of an entire nation with Nuclear Weapons.
I would like to see the Kurds, and their 25 million people, rise up and take over Iraq. It is a killed or be killed situation.
Andrew salam.. perhaps it will do some good for you to rea http://www.jeffersoncorner.com/?s=republicans+invented+jihad…To understand what went in Afghanistan and Pakistan we have to understand the full, detailed and historical involvement of the US in both of those countries and how did the US with guidance from Neocons developped and marketed Jihad among all Muslim countries and how the US funded and support the Mujahideen and the Talibans for many years. True the Talibans were killing innocent Afghani and the world silent incuding the US and many of the Muslim world. Taliban turned Kabul Stadium into a show case for Islamic injustice cutting heads and chopping hands and no one spoke out including all of those who claims to be the guardians of human rights. Too bad we do not speak out against all of the killings.. perhaps it will do us some good to stand up for what is right at the right time and not wait for a long time.
Your article looks like something out of the Village Voice, Washington Post forum, or some neo-liberal college campus newspaper in any large U.S. city whose subscribers are only worried about finding someone to pay off their college loans while they moan about George Bush. You seem to appeal more to spoiled and overindulged teenagers that can be found on campuses in Cairo and Beirut gleefully chanting against our country in their groupthink mentality.
I am a Lebanese-American of Druze parents, and like you I served in the U.S. armed forces. I also worked for the U. S. Defense Department in Western Iraq and had an opportunity to speak to a number of people there. Though most were Sunni, none had any love for Saddam Hussein who was as hard on them as any other Iraqi. I was in Ramadi on the morning that it was announced that he was hung. The Iraqis there didn't even consider Saddam's death worth the time to comment. You stated that the Iraq front squandered American lives, time, and treasure. How so? Iraq is just one front on a multi-front war. You certainly know as well as I do that al-Qaeda swept into Iraq on the heels of the U.S./Coalition Forces with every intent to make Iraq the determining battle against the U.S. in the Middle East. Since their ill-fated decision, al-Qaeda lost tens of thousands of fighters, operatives, and leaders, many of whom served in Afghanistan in 2001 to 2003. There were al-Qaeda operatives and fighters from across the Islamic world and they were defeated there…in Iraq…easier than they would have been defeated in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda was at its peak in Iraq. Now al-Qaeda is still strong, but they lost numerous top leaders who were close to Osama bin Laden and they forfeited invaluble intelligence that will be used against them in the years to come. Bin Laden's new leadership now has many new and untried people. We will confront them in Afghanistan provided the new president has the wherewithal, determination, and grit that President Bush has.
Did President Bush make mistakes? Yes, it’s unfortunately an American tradition that we enter into conflicts listening to wrong advice and often late in the game. Just look at both World Wars and even our approach to recent conflicts like Iraq. We went from Ambassador Brenner’s noble but unrealistic vision of a Jeffersonian Republic on the shores of the Euphrates to finally coordinating with the various leaders throughout the provinces and creating a counter-insurgency. When al-Qaeda tried to bully the Sunni population, the Sunni militias coordinated with our forces and threw them out. When Al-Sadr tried to bully the Shia population, they too let it be known that the Iraqi government was a representative government of all Iraqis, not the Maadi Army. Surprisingly, when I returned home, there was little mention in the media about our successes in Iraq. When I was away, many of us thought that Americans were on the edge of their seats and keeping up with events. Sadly, most Americans, liberals and conservatives alike, were more concerned with television entertainment, video games, and maxing out their credit cards than any concern for this, or any other war. It was only grudgingly that the media, intent on using the war as a weapon against John McCain and the Republicans, finally admitted that we were successful. Regardless of what the media says, or what Kool-Aid liberals drink, the Iraqi people themselves know the truth. Al-Qaeda is gone. Saddam is gone. Apparently, only al-Qaeda seems to know that the United States is on the offensive in the Global War on Terror. So, your claim that George Bush is the worst president in the history of the United States is a bit much. History is written by those of us who witnessed it, and Bush’s history looks pretty good from where we stand.
Concerning the economy, just remember, the American people and the American Congress make the economic decisions and when it comes to overspending and bad fiscal policy, they are mirror images of each other. When my father was alive, he used to say, “Make as much money as you can, spend responsibly, but never spend more than you make.” If the country lived by that policy, we could fight wars without keeping our hands on our wallets.
Finally, the Zionist Conspiracy thing is getting a little thin too. Was there a Zionist movement and did it affect the Palestinian people? Yes. However, that was over three generations ago. It’s a fact of history that good people, through no wrong doing of their own get displaced, often by people who are themselves … good people. America’s history and that of much of the world is rife with such examples. Most Palestinian people appear to have done quite well for themselves in the past sixty years. Others will do well too if they give themselves a chance and end this senseless womb to grave quest to fight the “dreaded Zionists.” Sometimes, what starts out to be a struggle becomes an illegitimate business. Hamas is a good example of that business. Unfortunately, the cost of doing business is being paid by the Palestinians themselves.
Dear Mr. Najjar. Thank you for your comment and your point of view. Perhaps it would be a good idea to visit my site at http://www.jeffersoncorner.com and read what I said I about Saddam Hussein and other Arab leaders including Arafat, Assad and of course what I think of Lebanon and Palestine. While I was for the execution of Saddam, I wanted him to be executed for the crimes he committed against his people first and foremost. Saddam regime was a killer machine for over 25 years and the US government always supported him even when he was gassing tens of thousands of Kurds. The US during Bush senior not only failed the Iraqi people as they rose against Saddam after routing him out of Iraq but made sure his regime has the necessary means to not only to subdue the uprising but to have the technical and weapons means to mass murder people in the south. As such and unlike I do not believe in the view that the US acted out of concern and love for the Iraqi people. Where was the US when Saddam was killing and engaged in killing of hundreds and millions of people? Non other than Mr. Rumsfeld that vane and incompetent former secretary of defense was visiting Saddam only day or so after the news leaked out that Saddam gassed tens of thousands of Kurds. The war on Iraq as all documents show was nothing but an American Jewish Zionist enterprise, planned and executed by a group of Zionist Jews for their own purpose and was part of their plans for the Middle East way before September 11th. Perhaps it would some good to search the history behind Bush/Cheny/Perle/Wolfowitz/Feith/Kritol/ Ledeen war on Iraq.
As for Paul Bremer, without any doubt, he was the most incompetent administrator in the history of a totally incompetent, reckless Bush administration. A stupid man taking his queue from an even more stupid deputy (Feith). He and Feith are responsible for the total mess we are in Iraq, responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi, and for sure thousands of our men and women. These guys had no clue what Iraq was all about. They thought they could handle Iraq like it was a banana republic. These two guys did not listen to warnings and they thought they gone wing it through. There have been many successful administrations in many countries but Bremer has to be the worst, most incompetent and he should be tried for his stupidity and crimes.
As for the economic mess, well I do not need to go through all of the events leading to the meltdown. Republicans and on all occasions always stripped the store clean when they leave office. The Republican Party under the control of the evangelical, Zionist Neocons has become a racketeering organization fleecing the people and robbing the treasury. It was under the stupid, reckless incompetent Bush that the nation and the world went broke, it us under his watch that millions died and it is under his watch that American became despised by the rest of the world, of course with the exception of Israel. I am not a subscriber of the Jewish Zionist theory, but on Iraq, I am for sure, as for Palestine, it is a simply act of robbery and murder. Zionist has turned Judaism from a faith to a racist murderous ideology. I do invite you to review my other writings at http://www.jeffersoncorner.com. By the way my family is also proud to have served in the US military, my brother Nabil retired from the Army, Lutfi and Taiseer served in the Marines, and Suleiman and I served in the Army. We are as American as anyone who came on the Mayflower and will not allow any of the Republican Zionist chicken hawk tells us any thing about patriotism. I am not the only one who has contempt for George Bush, the entire US and the world feel the same.Take care and all the best.
I was never good at talking politics on paper—I get too upset. And, I never seen to follow the path I am ''suppose to follow on thoughts".
You and I use to have some very interesting talks on the subject———and we agreed on alot, and respected each other when we didn't. This was 30plus years ago. You'd never remember me.
I have been curious as to what your brothers are doing. I only knew Lufti (barely) and Suleiman (who did not like me at all because I am Jewish). But, that's life!
Anyway-just wanted to say I have kept up on what all you are doing–as much as I can.
I should add-I hate Bush, and his cronies, with a passion.
Ann… many thanks for your comments… now you got my mind going and working hard to retrieve information from some 30 years ago. I am in Morocco on business and do not have the year books… I am sure we knew each other from either Horace Mann High or from Indiana University… my contacts are sami.jadallah@gmail.com and let us get in touch with each other by email and reconnect. We may be of different faith but I am sure we are on the side of humanity. Take care and let us get in touch.
sami
@R. Najjar – Your comment is just another product of a jewnazified ameronazi brain…
Speaking of George W. Bush:
George W. Bush committed hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism (indicated in my blog).
George W. Bush did in fact commit innumerable hate crimes.
And I do solemnly swear by Almighty God that George W. Bush committed other hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism which I am not at liberty to mention.
Many people know what Bush did.
And many people will know what Bush did—even to the end of the world.
Bush was absolute evil.
Bush is now like a fugitive from justice.
Bush is a psychological prisoner.
Bush has a lot to worry about.
Bush can technically be prosecuted for hate crimes at any time.
In any case, Bush will go down in history in infamy.
Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG
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I am not sure where I had read it before, but anyway, it is a linguistically excellent statement, and it goes kind of like this: “If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memory so it never got stale and faded.” Oh wait—off the top of my head—I think the quotation came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.
Thank you Andrew. I am sure sooner than later, the American public will insist on and demand the4 formation of an “independent public commission” that will investigate and form a board of inquiry into All of George W. Bush actions to include his “War on Terror”, his war crimes in Iraq and equally important his war against the American people through his buddies and friends on Wall Street. The Bush Administration is solely responsible for the collapse of the financial market and the trillions of losses by the American tax payers who lost all of their saving retirement plans, like we did and who lost substantial sum on home properties. No one can convince me that things simply happened without someone in the White House knowing what was happening. His crimes against the American people and the world as a direct result of his fraudulent management of the nation finances and accounts is no less than his war crimes through tanks and bullets. The collapse of the economy and the losses of millions of jobs rest solely at the door of George W. Bush's White House. Never seen such an incompetent, stupid and reckless president as we had in George W. Bush. He was nothing but a fraud from the day he entered the White House till the day he left.
Speaking of George W. Bush:
George W. Bush committed hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism (indicated in my blog).
George W. Bush did in fact commit innumerable hate crimes.
And I do solemnly swear by Almighty God that George W. Bush committed other hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism which I am not at liberty to mention.
Many people know what Bush did.
And many people will know what Bush did—even to the end of the world.
Bush was absolute evil.
Bush is now like a fugitive from justice.
Bush is a psychological prisoner.
Bush has a lot to worry about.
Bush can technically be prosecuted for hate crimes at any time.
In any case, Bush will go down in history in infamy.
Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG
______________________
I am not sure where I had read it before, but anyway, it is a linguistically excellent statement, and it goes kind of like this: “If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.” Oh wait—off the top of my head—I think the quotation came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.