Why Bush Is a Great President

Hindsight will vindicate expanded powers, Iraq war

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 19, 2008 8:58 AM CDT

(Newser) – George Bush may not be everyone’s favorite leader right now, but history will polish the wartime president’s image, writes Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post. No one knew war was imminent when Bush entered office—but 9/11 changed that. Yet Bush has kept... Read full story »

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