This paean does not address the litany of massive strategic blunders which happened on Bush's watch, the consequences of which are still plaguing the US today.

This paean does not address the litany of massive strategic blunders which happened on Bush's watch, the consequences of which are still plaguing the US today. - Discouraging counter-terrorism investigations prior to 9/11 [0,1] - The famous ignorance of government warnings of the coming attack which arose despite that discouragement - Decision to invade Iraq - Initially laissez-faire approach to the housing and financial crises. You didn't have to be smart to see those coming, you just had to be paying attention and apply basic economic principles. These are all executive decisions for which he was responsible as President. If this is smart, I'd hate to see dumb. [0] http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=thomas_pickard http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=thomas_picka... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Clarke#9.2F11_Commission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Clarke#9.2F11_Commi...