Dev (not verified) — Fri, 02/06/2009 - 4:13pm

Let's agree that the American President's job is to keep Americans safe (even if he has to kill hundreds of thousands of other people, or displace millions of them, shred your own international agreements, trample all over your own rights as Americans).

More young Americans were killed and are being killed in Iraq than those who died in the twin towers. Those young people in uniform were killed like fish in a barrel. Countless more Americans are at risk everyday around the world, civilians, diplomats, journalists, good people all, simply because an imbecile, a bigot, and a coward all rolled into one made you the most hated country in the world.

Have you no self-respect? Your little daughter is better off, growing up outside of your clutches, teacher man.

Iwan2 (not verified) — Wed, 02/04/2009 - 12:32pm

History will decide if George Bush was an outright failure during his two terms in office.

History tells us now that he protected the US and some of its weaker allies during his tenure from the evil of jihadist terrorism.

Facts decided that non compliance to UN resolutions against iraq resulted in a number of countries choosing to implement clauses of that resolution; which included a warning to saddam insane to step down and or suffer an invasion. There was no need for a further UN security council resolution to go to war until the war ended and one was approved post conflict. The US military did make a mistake and that was to disband the iraqi military wholesale; which led to a security void and the subsequent blood letting between Sunni and Shia is as much a fault of the US as it is of the blood thirsty ulemas/mufti's/imams in iraq that preached sectarian hatred.

As for my countryman from Australia comments about the myth of multicultural australia well he should go to Lakemba, Dandenong and practice what he preaches as these areas are an affront to australian culture, its values and democracy.

Tatu fuad maulani (not verified) — Sun, 02/01/2009 - 7:45pm

Sir,

Reading all the sky-high praise about the "blameless" US President George W. Bush makes me want to puke. I wanted to write a letter to rebut all this nonsense about Pres. Bush's good meritorous deeds for the Iraqi and Afghan people without mentioning the hundreds of thousands of casualties among innocent people in Iraq and in Afghanistan. I heard some Iraqis say "Iraq under dictator Saddam was a helluva lot better than Iraq under the U.S.

Some of the things I wanted to write about this Bush fellow are already written by Rod, an Australian from Sydney. Well-put, Rod.

tatu fuad maulani
Jakarta, Indonesia

David K. — Fri, 01/30/2009 - 4:34pm

This is an extremely unpopular point of view. Actually saying positive things about Mr. Bush. Of course most people will just stare at you like you were insane for saying these things because the hatred is to badly ingrained. Due to an overwhelmingly popular demand to hate someone for your own problems. Mr. Bush did his job, he promised America would be kept safe from any more terror attacks. And he accomplished his job. Also the other items that you mentioned that his administration accomplished without the fanfare that the current president enjoys, where his every cough, every sigh, every wink or high five is placed on youtube by his promoters.

Even if there were founding fathers that owned slaves, every culture and civilization had some form of slavery incorporated at one point or another. What makes America great is that it moved from this to a equal society where gender, race, age are not predetermining factors of where you will go in life. Your skills and determination are what is valued.

Mr. Bush took the country when the democrats had already successfully left it rotting and did the best he can.

What is funny though is All these people hate america, but given an opportunity to live in america would sell thier own mother, yet continue to gripe about America and American society.