The notion that George W Bush would be considered a good President, by any measure, is just breathtaking.
The mess he left behind was historic.
With the kinds of attacks that President Bush endured, particularly in his last 2 years, I'm surprised that it wasn't messier. Dubya is honored now by the libs because of his attacks on Trump and his relationship with Obama's old lady.
But W was strictly low energy, so it was tougher for him to multitask and get things down in spite of the libs.
Bush 43 brought on his own criticism with his unnecessary wars, lies about WMDs, torture and economic collapse
As bad a president as Trump is, he does not approach Bush 43
W didn't lie about WMD's. He read and believed the intelligence reports of apparatchiks like Taylor and Kent who assured him they were there. President Bush should have probably bypassed them and sent his own people to Iraq to check it out.
W got the intelligence he requested and ignored any that didn’t support his claims
Hans Blix, the UN weapons inspector told Bush there were no WMDs and could prove it if given more time
Bush invaded before he had time
Since the 2003 ground invasion of Iraq, over 10,000 152 mm artillery shells filled with Sarin Gas, Mustard Gas, and other chemicals have been found and recovered in Iraq. While these shells mostly date from the 1980s during the Iran/Iraq War, Iraq was required to verifiably dispose of all such artillery shells back in 1991. As of 2019, these artillery shells are still being found in various places inside Iraq. While some of the shells or old and eroded, many other are still intact with chemical purity levels in excess of 90%. Such shells could be fired from a 152 mm Large Caliber Weapon. Just one shell could kill over a thousand people in a city under the right conditions.
What's more, whatever Hans Blix thought Saddam had or did not have in 2003, he had no way to predict what Saddam could build or obtain in the years ahead. That's why it was a necessity to remove Saddam in 2003. You can play around with a leader who's actions led to the deaths of 1.7 million people and invaded and annexed another country called Kuwait. His invasion and annexation of Kuwait alone is enough to justify his removal from power.