One of my favorite Presidents is G.W. Bush. His Presidency has staying power. His eight years of brilliant leadership will be a driving force behind corporate profits for decades to come. I loved the way he smirked, shrugged his shoulders and screwed up the most simple colloquialisms while acting as if his do-do didn't phew-phew. His lasting contribution to corporate profits was the jump start of the war his Dad started when he was President. Thanks to the younger Bushes ambition and faultless leadership the Iraq war has turned into a stellar success.
He will always be remembered as a war President. On May 1, 2003 he declared "Mission Accomplished". His words intimated that his forces had defeated the enemy in Iraq. The American public rejoiced. This was not going to be a long drawn out war like the Democrats started in Vietnam. This war had been a cakewalk. His "Mission Accomplished" speech can be read here in Wikipedia.
It is now generally understood that he did not mean that the war had been won, but that the purposes of the war had been accomplished. The accomplishment spoken of was the introduction of an era of "Endless War". This article in counterpunch explains.
Up to June of 2011 the cost of the war on terror was calculated to be in the ball park of $5 Trillion according to Time magazine. It's a lot more now.
Have you asked yourself: "who received this money from the American Taxpayer?" Here is a short list of the profiteers from the endless war on terror provided by the Huffington Post.
This brings us back to the great war President G.W. Bush. His heroism during the Vietnam war is well documented making him equipped to lead the nation in the war on terror. You can read from a fellow Texan about the heroism of G.W. Bush during the Vietnam War.
The President and his declaration of "Mission Accomplished" has led to large profits for a few corporate entities and this is expected to continue for a long time. The invasion of Iraq is the reason for the rising up of ISIS and the continuing of war profits for war profiteers forever. His friends in the various industries will think fondly of him for quite a long time. You can read about this at"The Real News.com".
I was thinking about this and the result was that I made the following poster commemorating the "G.W. Bush Memorial Clinic." Just imagine if G.W. had declared a war on healthcare costs! Or if he had tackled the problems in the VA healthcare system. This is how I envision it would turn out. "Mission Accomplished."
You have to laugh because if you don't we'll be drowning in tears.