by David Furritus

Created on: September 09, 2007

No. But, tell me who is?

In my time I've seen eight Presidents in office (of course, I was only able to remember six of them - but, I digress). I'm going to go through all of them and grade them like one would a student.

The first that was Lyndon Johnson. His predecessor (Kennedy) had made plans to pull our troops out of Southern Vietnam, but those plans died when he was assassinated. LBJ felt that the war was winnable as we never lost any major battles. Report Card: C+

When Nixon took power he also saw that we were winning the battles, but the body count was too high. He decided to cut our losses. Unfortunately, he ran into political problems when he was caught doing what politicians have been doing for centuries: spying. He stepped down, but even after he stepped aside, he continued to be a masterful diplomat. Report Card: B

Next came Carter. He was upset at the Soviets for invading Afghanistan and Poland. What does he do? He boycotts the Olympics. He felt that was the kind of pressure we needed to put into an oppressive country. Report Card: D+

The Reagan years showed us the final days of The Cold War. He used American forces to put down problems in Grenada and Panama. These were minor countries, but if you research the actions of these events there were some far-reaching circumstances. Unfortunately, he was also selling arms to help fund our own insurgent forces in South America. His intention was to prevent communist influence on the continent but, you know what they say about good intentions. His buildup of our military was good in the fact that it forced the Soviets into near bankruptcy as they tried to keep up. The downside was that it also drove us into a bit of a recession...although, there was a military action that I did like when he bombed Libya. That was fun and no American lives were lost. Report Card: B+

George H.W. Bush...ties to the bin Laden family and Sadam Hussein. Lots of money made in the oil industry. Helped arm Iraq with chemical weapons during their war with Iran (nobody seemed to care that much back then)...but, he wasn't Commander in Chief yet. Let's fast forward ahead to 1989-93. When Kuwait was invaded he received a plead for help from friends in Saudi Arabia. He sent troops there to prevent the Iraqis from looking south. He then sent troops into Kuwait to liberate it. Kudos! Great job! You helped a country out. His next thing to do was invade Iraq and shut down their army. Done. He then said on Tv that he intended to install a Democratic

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