Politics: G. W. Bush, "worst president" of the USA history?

We might still be voting to elect the worst Portuguese person ever (see post bellow) but George W. Bush will have it difficult in his coming last two years in power to escape the title of one of the worst North-American presidents...

Since the Democrats won the recent elections for the Congress, President Bush has had to step back and withdraw in mant respects. Now John Bolton, the US ambassador to the UN has resigned and next Bush will have to accept the start of the withdrawal of the american troops from Iraq, which the Commission will likely propose.

These days it is practically an impossible mission to find an article favourable to George W. Bush's policy in the American press. The website of Fox News, usually an ally of the Bush administration, asks “Where have all the conservatives gone?”, noting that there is no credible republican candidate to take on the present head of the state. An editorialist of USA Today confesses to being surprised by a leaked Rumsfeld report (ex defence secretary) that calls for a withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. He writes that “Donald Rumsfeld has long personified the administration's misguided approach to Iraq. He insisted on trying to occupy the country with too few forces”. The now leaked memo acknowledges that the strategy in Iraq is not working and lays out options from a troop withdrawal to lowering Americans' expectations. He concludes that “The unavoidable truth is that the Iraq debacle has made Americans and U.S. interests more vulnerable. A Rumsfeld suggestion to lower expectations barely begins to tackle those coming aftershocks.” And one comment to that editorial adds on “I would love to see Bob Woodward or another reporter of similar credentials explore whether the current Iraq misadventure really is "Cheney's War". I don't think any organization has profited more than Halliburton from the hostilities”…

But things are not better regarding the usual Mr Bush’s opponents… The New York Times believes that a no return point has been crossed: the American strategy in Iraq cannot develop further. It writes that “one of the (Iraq) commission’s core conclusions is that the White House should announce a plan for American forces to begin pulling back, whether the Iraqis are ready or not.” Also in a NYT article (reserved for subscribers), columnist FRANK RICH asks whether Bush “Has He Started Talking to the Walls?”, claiming that “the more President Bush loses his hold on reality, the more language is severed from its meaning altogether”. He goes further to compare the present situation regarding Mr Bush with the days which preceded Richard Nixon's resignation.

Finally, the Washington Post analyses in detail that historical issue, of knowing whether George W. Bush is the worst of the North-American Presidents. History will tell that, yet to escape that title, something very good will better happen… “What if there is a news flash that U.S. Special Forces have killed Osama bin Laden or that North Korea has renounced its nuclear program? What if a decade from now Iraq is a democracy and a statue of Bush is erected on Firdaus Square where that famously toppled one of Saddam Hussein once stood?”, asks the paper. However, Douglas Brinkley argues, “the truth is, after six years in power and barring a couple of miracles, it's safe to bet that Bush will be forever handcuffed to the bottom rungs of the presidential ladder. The reason: Iraq.” I would say, the main reason, but, whatelse is there? Read further, the article is very interesting.