An editorial in the newspaper, The Record, makes an effort to review the good and bad points of the administration of George W. Bush-the 43rd President of the US.
On the positive side are the following points. 1) credit for education reform done with the help of Senator Ten Kennedy. 2) brought peace to Sudan. 3) made an effort to fight the AIDS epidemic in Africa. 4) after the attack on 9/11 he built a coalition of countries to support the US going into Afghanistan.
On the negative side are the following points. 1) "an unnecessary war on Iraq "that has cost billions...and much human lose of life and instability in the region". 2) civil liberties have been "abridged". 3) our nation has been "embarrassed" by our treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib and the "indefinite detention" of suspected terrorists at Gitmo Bay. 4) the news black out of returning coffins from the wars in the Middle East. 5) the Clinton era "good times" he inherited were lost and the federal deficit grew. 6) the economy failed and the gap between the rich and poor "widened".
Bush tried to bring about immigration reform but failed due to his own party going against him. There are also issues that will take historians some time to figure out, but " for now, the Bush legacy is not a good one". That might change after years of review.
(Source: "Bush in Stone: 43rd president's legacy is unknown". An Editorial in The Record on 4/27/13).
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