Thread: The Bush Presidency: The Historians (Start to) Weigh In
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Old 06-11-2008, 05:17 PM   #72
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It is way to early to judge the Bush presidency in historical terms
It's a topic that is of little interest to anyone except a few dusty academics, and of course Bush himself.

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At least he isn't chasing floozies and using cigars on the interns...


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Anyone else notice how subdued Iran's mental-case president has been for the last couple of years, trading empty rhetoric for the usual military action.
No, I hadn't noticed that. Iran has continued its low-level passive-aggressive attacks on civil shipping and the Royal Navy. See for example the June 21, 2004 and March 23, 2007 seizures of boats and RN/RM personnel.

I'm also unaware of any previous "usual military action" by Iran. The Iraq-Iran war was started when Iraq invaded on September 22, 1980. And Iran Air Flight 655 was shot down by the USN, not the other way around (eventually resulting in the United States paying $61.8 million compensation for the unprovoked attack).
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