What GW Bush didn't do as President...

[NYcarbineer]

In spite of inheriting:
1) The Stock Market Crash of 2000-2002 caused the loss of
$5 trillion in the market value of companies from March 2000 to October 2002. Dot-com bubble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

!!

The stock market was up 200% between Jan 1993 and Jan 2001.

The stock market was DOWN, net, over the course of the Bush presidency.

 

[Full-Auto]

In spite of inheriting:
1) The Stock Market Crash of 2000-2002 caused the loss of
$5 trillion in the market value of companies from March 2000 to October 2002. Dot-com bubble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

!!

The stock market was up 200% between Jan 1993 and Jan 2001.

The stock market was DOWN, net, over the course of the Bush presidency.

Presidents have no control over the markets.


So what was the point of your post?

 

[healthmyths]

In spite of inheriting:
1) The Stock Market Crash of 2000-2002 caused the loss of
$5 trillion in the market value of companies from March 2000 to October 2002. Dot-com bubble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2) In spite of Experiencing
the WORST attack in USA history, far worse the Pearl Harbor,
that killed 3,000 people and destroyed $1 trillion real hard assets, destroyed businesses JOB losses of 1.7 million 2002 -2003, and then required creation of a BRAND NEW Federal Agency Homeland Security
3)In spite of Experiencing
the Worst hurricane SEASONS.. (7 of the 10 worst hurricanes)

1. Katrina(LA/MS/AL/SE FL) 2005 3 $81,000,000,000
3. Wilma (FL) 2005 3 $20,600,000,000
4. Ike (TX/LA/MS) 2008 2 $18,000,000,000
5. Charley (FL) 2004 4 $14,000,000,000
6. Ivan (FL/AL) 2004 3 $13,000,000,000
7. Rita (LA/TX) 2005 3 $10,000,000,000
9. Frances (FL) 2004 2 $8,860,000,000
12. Jeanne (FL) 2004 3 $6,500,000,000

Bush did NOT
1) Blame it on the economy.
2) Blame it America as Obama said:
"...this is a great, great country that had gotten a little soft and we didn’t have that same competitive edge that we needed over the last couple of decades.” or "But we’ve been a little bit lazy, I think, over the last couple of decades"
3) Blame it on Americans as Obama did 'They cling to guns or religion'.
4) Apologize to the world for Americans giving

a) Total deaths fighting for other countries' freedoms from :
WWI to Iraq over 625,884 deaths
b) Cost the USA over $6.724 trillion in 2011 dollars (WWII $4.1 trillion)!
President BUSH NEVER apologized for an American ACTIONS like these:
​

10 most significant apologies by the President of the United States in his first four months of office as they relate to foreign policy and national security issues.

Barack Obama's Top 10 Apologies: How the President Has Humiliated a Superpower
Apologies to
1. France and Europe ("America Has Shown Arrogance")
2. Muslim World ("We Have Not Been Perfect")
3. Summit of the Americas ("At Times We Sought to Dictate Our Terms")
4. G-20 Summit ("Some Restoration of America's Standing in the World")
5. War on Terror ("We Went off Course")
6. Guantanamo in France ("Sacrificing Your Values")
7. Turkish Parliament ("Our Own Darker Periods in Our History")
8. U.S. Policy toward the Americas ("The United States Has Not Pursued
and Sustained Engagement with Our Neighbors")
9. Mistakes of the CIA ("Potentially We've Made Some Mistakes")
10.Guantanamo in Washington ("A Rallying Cry for Our Enemies")

NEVER based ON the TRILLIONS GIVEN by Americans, the lives given by Americans and the Trillions spent in providing FREEDOM to billions of people should any President EVER HAVE TO apologize and again... AT LEAST BUSH DIDN"T!!!!

Thats because all democrats know is blame - everything that doesn't work in their favor is always someone elses fault..

The CRA is a perfect example of that.... Democrats back in 1993 said republicans were racists if they didn't sign the new CRA amendments - republicans signed them but made it clear that those amendments were a big mistake - then 10 years later Bush warning everyone the house of cards was about to fall because of the CRA then assholes like Barny Frank assured everyone everything was fine - then sure enough the house of cards collapsed and who the fuck did these dumb fucking progressives blame??? thats right - Bush and republicans..

It's truly amazing....

Democrats have only managed to double the national debt in a period of 3 fucking years 90% of which was spent and authorized under a progressive super majority... Who do the laymen democrats blame?? republicans..

Then these little progressive snots want to spend more - the House says "no way" then they play victim and blame republicans..

Their childish behavior is the reason why I opened my eyes to politics back when I was 19-20.... Well that and I was concerned about the forced lending and those who took advantage of it thanks to Bill "slick willy" Clinton...

In speaking of Billy boy - he belongs in prison for using the banks to stimulate his economy via his forced lending just so he looked good in the eye of the people...

Here are the exact words of Dodd/Frank CRITICIZING Bush for wanting to get Fannie/Freddie out of the business of USING the "Full Faith and Credit" of the Government to Guarantee those toxic mortgages you described!

Over the past six years, the President and his Administration have not
only warned of the systemic consequences of failure to reform
GSEs but also put forward thoughtful plans to reduce the risk that
either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac would encounter such difficulties.

President Bush publicly called for GSE reform at least 17 times in 2008
alone before Congress acted. Unfortunately, these warnings went
unheeded, as the President's repeated attempts to reform the
supervision of these entities were thwarted by the legislative
maneuvering of those who emphatically denied there were problems.

* House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA)
criticized the President's warning saying: "these two entities - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - are not facing any kind of financial crisis ... The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing." (Stephen Labaton, "New Agency Proposed To Oversee Freddie Mac And Fannie Mae," New York Times, 9/11/03)
* Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Christopher Dodd also ignored the President's warnings and called on him to "immediately reconsider his ill-advised" position. (Eric Dash, "Fannie Mae's Offer To Help Ease Credit Squeeze Is Rejected, As Critics Complain Of Opportunism," New York Times, 8/11/07)

 

[uscitizen]

In spite of inheriting:
1) The Stock Market Crash of 2000-2002 caused the loss of
$5 trillion in the market value of companies from March 2000 to October 2002. Dot-com bubble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2) In spite of Experiencing
the WORST attack in USA history, far worse the Pearl Harbor,
that killed 3,000 people and destroyed $1 trillion real hard assets, destroyed businesses JOB losses of 1.7 million 2002 -2003, and then required creation of a BRAND NEW Federal Agency Homeland Security
3)In spite of Experiencing
the Worst hurricane SEASONS.. (7 of the 10 worst hurricanes)

1. Katrina(LA/MS/AL/SE FL) 2005 3 $81,000,000,000
3. Wilma (FL) 2005 3 $20,600,000,000
4. Ike (TX/LA/MS) 2008 2 $18,000,000,000
5. Charley (FL) 2004 4 $14,000,000,000
6. Ivan (FL/AL) 2004 3 $13,000,000,000
7. Rita (LA/TX) 2005 3 $10,000,000,000
9. Frances (FL) 2004 2 $8,860,000,000
12. Jeanne (FL) 2004 3 $6,500,000,000

Bush did NOT
1) Blame it on the economy.
2) Blame it America as Obama said:
"...this is a great, great country that had gotten a little soft and we didn’t have that same competitive edge that we needed over the last couple of decades.” or "But we’ve been a little bit lazy, I think, over the last couple of decades"
3) Blame it on Americans as Obama did 'They cling to guns or religion'.
4) Apologize to the world for Americans giving

a) Total deaths fighting for other countries' freedoms from :
WWI to Iraq over 625,884 deaths
b) Cost the USA over $6.724 trillion in 2011 dollars (WWII $4.1 trillion)!
President BUSH NEVER apologized for an American ACTIONS like these:
​

10 most significant apologies by the President of the United States in his first four months of office as they relate to foreign policy and national security issues.

Barack Obama's Top 10 Apologies: How the President Has Humiliated a Superpower
Apologies to
1. France and Europe ("America Has Shown Arrogance")
2. Muslim World ("We Have Not Been Perfect")
3. Summit of the Americas ("At Times We Sought to Dictate Our Terms")
4. G-20 Summit ("Some Restoration of America's Standing in the World")
5. War on Terror ("We Went off Course")
6. Guantanamo in France ("Sacrificing Your Values")
7. Turkish Parliament ("Our Own Darker Periods in Our History")
8. U.S. Policy toward the Americas ("The United States Has Not Pursued
and Sustained Engagement with Our Neighbors")
9. Mistakes of the CIA ("Potentially We've Made Some Mistakes")
10.Guantanamo in Washington ("A Rallying Cry for Our Enemies")

NEVER based ON the TRILLIONS GIVEN by Americans, the lives given by Americans and the Trillions spent in providing FREEDOM to billions of people should any President EVER HAVE TO apologize and again... AT LEAST BUSH DIDN"T!!!!

Did Bush apologize for getting TARP passed?

 

[Dragon]

Is there NO ONE to challenge the statements that:

Why bother? As per your usual MO, they're irrelevant statements intended to draw attention away from where it belongs. When presented with a red herring, the worst thing one can do is attack it head on.

 

[healthmyths]

In spite of inheriting:
1) The Stock Market Crash of 2000-2002 caused the loss of
$5 trillion in the market value of companies from March 2000 to October 2002. Dot-com bubble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

!!

The stock market was up 200% between Jan 1993 and Jan 2001.

The stock market was DOWN, net, over the course of the Bush presidency.

The BIGGEST DUH ever!!!!
A) THEN YOU admit the $8 trillion in LOSSES due to
1) Dot come/ 2) 9/11 3) hurricanes CREATED LOSSES that were
then subtracted from taxable INCOME at rate of $200 billion/year!

B) Dec-1991 DJIA 3,168 Dec-2000 DJIA 10,787 8 years 240%
Dec-2000 DJIA 10,787 Dec-2008 DJIA 8,776 8 years down 18.6%

During 2000 DJIA closed down -6.16% and trend continued obviously
after dot.com,03,2001 to 11,2001 recession and then 9/11
the 2001 DJIA closed down -7.14%
Then 2002 after Wall street recovery, DJIA down -16.7%.

Then 2003, up 25%, 2004,up 3.1%, 2005 down .6%, 2006 up 16.2% and then 2007 6.4% after the Democrat takeover,budget expenditures, and housing debacle caused by CRA DJIA closed down -33.8%.

But here are some other FACTS!!!

The HIGHEST level was reached October 9, 2007 14,164 BUSH!!
Sept 17, 2000 8920 The biggest one day fall (685 points) CLINTON!

 

[Caroljo]

Listen.....I know you idolize Bush II but to hold him blameless for 9/11 when he was CLEARLY warned by Clinton is a bit disingenious and an outright lie.

And Bush is also 100% responsible to his reaction to 9/11 with his invasion and occupation of Iraq that got thousands of our military men and women killed FOR NO GOOD REASON.

but to hold him blameless for 9/11 when he was CLEARLY warned by Clinton

Really?

Yea, REALLY!

The following is a transcript of the August 6, 2001, presidential daily briefing entitled Bin Laden determined to strike in US. Parts of the original document were not made public by the White House for security reasons. (these parts are bad enough. I'm sure what Bush left out was scathing)

Transcript: Bin Laden determined to strike in US - CNN

There's nothing in this transcript (that i could find) stating WHEN they would attack, or WHERE they would attack, or by what MEANS they would attack. So what in hell was he supposed to do???? I'm sure if they knew about this they did whatever they could...but when you don't know the when, where or how then all you can do is try your best to find them.

Hell....the terrorists that flew the planes had been in the US for quite some time (during Clinton's reign) and took flying lessons. Nobody asked ANY questions when they said they just needed to learn to take off and fly, but didn't need to learn how to land a fricken plane???? Nobody reported this type of behavior? Or did Clinton just ignore it like he did everything else?

 

[healthmyths]

but to hold him blameless for 9/11 when he was CLEARLY warned by Clinton

Really?

Yea, REALLY!

The following is a transcript of the August 6, 2001, presidential daily briefing entitled Bin Laden determined to strike in US. Parts of the original document were not made public by the White House for security reasons. (these parts are bad enough. I'm sure what Bush left out was scathing)

Transcript: Bin Laden determined to strike in US - CNN

There's nothing in this transcript (that i could find) stating WHEN they would attack, or WHERE they would attack, or by what MEANS they would attack. So what in hell was he supposed to do???? I'm sure if they knew about this they did whatever they could...but when you don't know the when, where or how then all you can do is try your best to find them.

Hell....the terrorists that flew the planes had been in the US for quite some time (during Clinton's reign) and took flying lessons. Nobody asked ANY questions when they said they just needed to learn to take off and fly, but didn't need to learn how to land a fricken plane???? Nobody reported this type of behavior? Or did Clinton just ignore it like he did everything else?

Was this the same Bin Laden group that according to this excerpt for the 9/11 commission because of the Gorelick Memo/Wall the FBI was not able to connect the dots???

"C.I.A. officials of deliberately withholding crucial documents and photographs of Qaeda operatives from the F.B.I."
Known as the Gorelick Memo...
"As Deputy Attorney General under Bill Clinton from 1994 to 1997 Jamie Gorelick wrote the memo that created the now infamous “Gorelick Wall.” A 1995 memo she wrote,
stated explicitly that they would “go beyond what is legally required, [to] prevent any risk of creating an unwarranted appearance that FISA is being used to avoid procedural safeguards which would apply in a criminal investigation.”

These rules were, shortly after their creation, expanded to regulate such communications in future counter-terrorism investigations.
It set a procedure where various intelligence operations could not share information with each other.
Jamie Gorelick’s wall barred anti-terror investigators from accessing the computer of Zacarias Moussaoui, the 20th hijacker, already in custody on an immigration violation shortly before 9/11.
At the time, an enraged FBI investigator wrote a prophetic memo to headquarters about the wall
‘Whatever has happened to this — someday someone will die — and wall or not — the public will not understand why we were not more effective in throwing every resource we had at certain problems…..especially since the biggest threat to us UBL [Usama bin Laden], is getting the most protection.
» Jamie Gorelick Who ‘Helped to Bring us 9/11 AND Housing Collapse’ Is On Short List to Lead FBI - Big Government

Oh the reason for the Gorelick Memo???
It should be noted that when Gorelick penned the aforementioned memo, President Clinton was extremely worried about ongoing FBI and CIA investigations into illegal Chinese contributions that had been made to his presidential campaign. Both the FBI and the CIA were churning up evidence damaging to the Democratic Party, its fundraisers, the Chinese, and ultimately the Clinton administration itself.
The Wall of Separation between Law-Enforcement and Intelligence - Discover the Networks

 

[Caroljo]

In spite of inheriting:
1) The Stock Market Crash of 2000-2002 caused the loss of
$5 trillion in the market value of companies from March 2000 to October 2002. Dot-com bubble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

!!

The stock market was up 200% between Jan 1993 and Jan 2001.

The stock market was DOWN, net, over the course of the Bush presidency.

Ya, i remember when the stock markets was doing so well....we bought into some dot.com stocks, they were supposed to be so great. We LOST IT ALL in 2000 when it all crashed. So of course it was down during the Bush presidency! The rise and fall of the market happened though during Clinton's...can't blame that on Bush.

 

[healthmyths]

In spite of inheriting:
1) The Stock Market Crash of 2000-2002 caused the loss of
$5 trillion in the market value of companies from March 2000 to October 2002. Dot-com bubble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

!!

The stock market was up 200% between Jan 1993 and Jan 2001.

The stock market was DOWN, net, over the course of the Bush presidency.

Ya, i remember when the stock markets was doing so well....we bought into some dot.com stocks, they were supposed to be so great. We LOST IT ALL in 2000 when it all crashed. So of course it was down during the Bush presidency! The rise and fall of the market happened though during Clinton's...can't blame that on Bush.

AND more importantly... DID you write off those losses against other income thereby lowering the taxes you paid???
If you did you and others contributed to the continued loss of over $200 billion a year since 2002 in federal/state/local tax revenue.. losses are allowed to cover reportable income and if you did NOW do you see why it was so important to recognize the financial impact on Federal revenues which were reduced WHILE expenditures climbed due to 9/11 i.e. Homeland Security, federal loans to states,etc. due to 9/11..etc...

 

[Caroljo]

they complain about blaming Bush but they keep trying to rewrite history of Bush.

So I take it you don't believe there was $5 trillion in losses due to Dot.com bust?

You also don't think 9/11 occurred?

Or NONE of the worst hurricanes in history occurred?

Those events NEVER happened then?

NONE of which were the fault of Clinton except the Gorelick Memo which prevented CIA from sharing with FBI Chinese donations to Clinton in exchange for missile technology.. which would not allow CIA to share with FBI about 9/11 hijackers...

And NO ONE blames ANYONE for the worst hurricanes in history..
BUT what do you think happened to the Trillions of dollars of businesses, assets, stock, inventory, lost revenue that those events caused?

ARe you totally UNAWARE that the IRS allows tax payers to subtract those $ 8 trillion in losses over 30 years and this was about $200 billion a year that started in 2002 and continues??
AND you don't think that had any affect?

You got that so damn backwards.

The REPUBLICANS STOPPED Clinton from hardening the airports..and Killing Bin Laden. They would not authorize special forces to get him.

And the laughed when he hit Bin Laden's compound with missiles..saying he was trying to wag the dog.

Everything else in the post is nonsense. The "Dot Com Bust" was largely over..and the money that was lost was rich people's.

That's BS....i'm FAR from being rich, between my husband and i we were making MAYBE $45000/yr together. We happen to get some money, only about $5000, and we were talked into putting it into the stocks. We started earning pretty good...then lost it all. So stop with the rich people crap.

 

[Caroljo]

He got closer than Bush who diverted the war on terror to attack Iraq

He didn't get close enough, did he?

No.....Bush never even gave it a shot

No Bush didnt, he had the people that knew how to find someone do it....was Bush supposed to go there himself and do all the leg work? Ha~! And then of course, with the plans Bush put in place, the SEALS finally got him. No thanks (at all) to Obama. I hear he even "hesitated" to give them the order to kill him! Such a weenie!

 

[healthmyths]

So I take it you don't believe there was $5 trillion in losses due to Dot.com bust?

You also don't think 9/11 occurred?

Or NONE of the worst hurricanes in history occurred?

Those events NEVER happened then?

NONE of which were the fault of Clinton except the Gorelick Memo which prevented CIA from sharing with FBI Chinese donations to Clinton in exchange for missile technology.. which would not allow CIA to share with FBI about 9/11 hijackers...

And NO ONE blames ANYONE for the worst hurricanes in history..
BUT what do you think happened to the Trillions of dollars of businesses, assets, stock, inventory, lost revenue that those events caused?

ARe you totally UNAWARE that the IRS allows tax payers to subtract those $ 8 trillion in losses over 30 years and this was about $200 billion a year that started in 2002 and continues??
AND you don't think that had any affect?

You got that so damn backwards.

The REPUBLICANS STOPPED Clinton from hardening the airports..and Killing Bin Laden. They would not authorize special forces to get him.

And the laughed when he hit Bin Laden's compound with missiles..saying he was trying to wag the dog.

Everything else in the post is nonsense. The "Dot Com Bust" was largely over..and the money that was lost was rich people's.

That's BS....i'm FAR from being rich, between my husband and i we were making MAYBE $45000/yr together. We happen to get some money, only about $5000, and we were talked into putting it into the stocks. We started earning pretty good...then lost it all. So stop with the rich people crap.

Check new topic.."Obama reluctant to kill Bin Laden"

 

[rightwinger]

He didn't get close enough, did he?

No.....Bush never even gave it a shot

No Bush didnt, he had the people that knew how to find someone do it....was Bush supposed to go there himself and do all the leg work? Ha~! And then of course, with the plans Bush put in place, the SEALS finally got him. No thanks (at all) to Obama. I hear he even "hesitated" to give them the order to kill him! Such a weenie!

Bush bailed on the war on terrorism and attacked Iraq instead. He refused to engage terrorist targets in Pakistan where the terrorists were hiding

And he had nothing to do with the capture of bin Laden

Such a weenie

 

[healthmyths]

No.....Bush never even gave it a shot

No Bush didnt, he had the people that knew how to find someone do it....was Bush supposed to go there himself and do all the leg work? Ha~! And then of course, with the plans Bush put in place, the SEALS finally got him. No thanks (at all) to Obama. I hear he even "hesitated" to give them the order to kill him! Such a weenie!

Bush bailed on the war on terrorism and attacked Iraq instead. He refused to engage terrorist targets in Pakistan where the terrorists were hiding

And he had nothing to do with the capture of bin Laden

Such a weenie

Just a reminder...

ALL THESE 32 Democrat quotes ...

BEFORE BUSH ... When CLINTON was President...
"..deny Iraq the capacity to develop WMD".Bill Clinton,1998
"..most brutal dictators of Century", Biden,1998
"Iraq compliance with Resolution 687 becomes shell game"..Daschle 1998
"He will use those WMDs again,as he has ten times since 1983" ..Berger- Clinton National. Security. Advisor 1998
"posed by Iraq's refusal to end its WMD programs" Levin 1998
"Saddam has been engaged in development of WMDs which is a threat.."Pelosi 1998
"Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building WMDS.."Albright 1999

In the first three months of 1999, U.S. led-forces bombarded Iraq with 241,000 pounds of bombsjust shy of the 253,000 pounds dropped under President Bush in the eight months leading up to the final UN resolution before the war.
The Raw Story | Clinton bombing of Iraq far exceeded Bush's in run-up to war; Bush 'spikes of activity' questioned
By August of 1999, American and British pilots had fired more than 1,100 missiles against 359 targets that year alone.

"Saddam to refine delivery systems, that will threaten the US..."Graham 2001
"Saddam has ignored the mandate of the UN and is building WMDs and the means to deliver.." Levin 2002
"Iraq's search for WMDs ...will continue as long as Saddam's in power"..Gore 2002
"Saddam retains stockpiles of WMDS.."Byrd 2002
"give President authority to use force..to disarm Saddam because an arsenal of WMDs.threat our security".Kerry 2002
"..Unmistakable evidence Saddam developing nuclear weapons next 5 years.."Rockefeller 2002
"Violated over 11 years every UN resolution demanding disarming WMDs.."Waxman 2002
"He's given aid,comfort & sanctuary to al Qaeda members..and keep developing WMDs"..Hillary 2002
"Compelling evidence Saddam has WMDs production storage capacity.." Graham 2002

So Bush was ALL ALONE???

 

[Caroljo]

No.....Bush never even gave it a shot

No Bush didnt, he had the people that knew how to find someone do it....was Bush supposed to go there himself and do all the leg work? Ha~! And then of course, with the plans Bush put in place, the SEALS finally got him. No thanks (at all) to Obama. I hear he even "hesitated" to give them the order to kill him! Such a weenie!

Bush bailed on the war on terrorism and attacked Iraq instead. He refused to engage terrorist targets in Pakistan where the terrorists were hiding

And he had nothing to do with the capture of bin Laden

Such a weenie

How do you think our military found him if they weren't in Pakistan looking for him? Bush put the plans in place back in (i believe) 2006 or 07. Obama continued it. Our Navy Seals got him. So Bush had just as much to do with it, if not more since he was in charge when it was put in place.

Obama's still a weenie

 

[rdean]

Right wingers become less honest and more shrill by the day.

 

[healthmyths]

Right wingers become less honest and more shrill by the day.

I really resent your out right LIE when you say people like me are less honest!
PROVE IT!

 

[rightwinger]

No Bush didnt, he had the people that knew how to find someone do it....was Bush supposed to go there himself and do all the leg work? Ha~! And then of course, with the plans Bush put in place, the SEALS finally got him. No thanks (at all) to Obama. I hear he even "hesitated" to give them the order to kill him! Such a weenie!

Bush bailed on the war on terrorism and attacked Iraq instead. He refused to engage terrorist targets in Pakistan where the terrorists were hiding

And he had nothing to do with the capture of bin Laden

Such a weenie

Just a reminder...

ALL THESE 32 Democrat quotes ...

BEFORE BUSH ... When CLINTON was President...
"..deny Iraq the capacity to develop WMD".Bill Clinton,1998
"..most brutal dictators of Century", Biden,1998
"Iraq compliance with Resolution 687 becomes shell game"..Daschle 1998
"He will use those WMDs again,as he has ten times since 1983" ..Berger- Clinton National. Security. Advisor 1998
"posed by Iraq's refusal to end its WMD programs" Levin 1998
"Saddam has been engaged in development of WMDs which is a threat.."Pelosi 1998
"Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building WMDS.."Albright 1999

In the first three months of 1999, U.S. led-forces bombarded Iraq with 241,000 pounds of bombsjust shy of the 253,000 pounds dropped under President Bush in the eight months leading up to the final UN resolution before the war.
The Raw Story | Clinton bombing of Iraq far exceeded Bush's in run-up to war; Bush 'spikes of activity' questioned
By August of 1999, American and British pilots had fired more than 1,100 missiles against 359 targets that year alone.

"Saddam to refine delivery systems, that will threaten the US..."Graham 2001
"Saddam has ignored the mandate of the UN and is building WMDs and the means to deliver.." Levin 2002
"Iraq's search for WMDs ...will continue as long as Saddam's in power"..Gore 2002
"Saddam retains stockpiles of WMDS.."Byrd 2002
"give President authority to use force..to disarm Saddam because an arsenal of WMDs.threat our security".Kerry 2002
"..Unmistakable evidence Saddam developing nuclear weapons next 5 years.."Rockefeller 2002
"Violated over 11 years every UN resolution demanding disarming WMDs.."Waxman 2002
"He's given aid,comfort & sanctuary to al Qaeda members..and keep developing WMDs"..Hillary 2002
"Compelling evidence Saddam has WMDs production storage capacity.." Graham 2002

So Bush was ALL ALONE???

Yet not one of those quotes advocates US forces invading Iraq. It took Bush to take a confined threat and turn it into the biggest stategic blunders in US history

 

[Mustang]

I know the answer(s) to the question of what GW Bush didn't do as president.

Bush didn't read his briefing books. He was famous for requesting verbal reports.

Bush didn't ask questions in meetings. Several people (Tres Sec Paul O'Neill was the first) have stated that Bush just sat there during meetings with aides and cabinet heads without asking any questions or even acknowledging what was said. He didn't even offer comments. encouraging debate.

Bush didn't pay attention to information that conflicted with his already held beliefs. He just plowed ahead.