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2008-11-30 Home Front: Politix

David Frum: Eight facts that burnish Bush's record

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Posted by tipper 2008-11-30 10:12|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 I would go further, especially about India. Bush was the only person in Washington who thought there was a reason to open India. Everyone else looked at him like he had lost his mind. His timing was also perfect, in that the Indians right then had the best government they had ever had.

The importance of busting up the Khan nuclear proliferation ring was also a huge victory. Little will ever be said about the US sinking two Nork ships carrying nuclear materials, however.

For its part, unlike Vietnam, Bush let the military do what it wanted to, and it did it well, except for time tabling recovery too quickly at one point. Another error was not giving Afghanistan as thorough a reconstruction as Iraq.

Bush also did a lot to turn Pakistan from being nothing but a terrorist training ground, to more of a unified state. A Sisyphean and unappreciated effort if there ever was one. Decades more work to cleaning up that viper's nest.

He directed Rumsfeld to modernize the US military, which was bitterly opposed by many top military leaders, and only grudgingly got acceptance by winning the day in Iraq. The Navy modernization still remains.

Last but not least, he is still quietly pushing very hard to stave off as much of the economic collapse as he can, and to mitigate what cannot be saved.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-11-30 16:05|| 2008-11-30 16:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Pakistanis are gonna continue to be trouble into the 25th(?) century - I saw Khan was still a problem then on that Star Trek movie.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-11-30 19:09|| 2008-11-30 19:09|| Front Page Top

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