List of George W. Bush articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Europe’s Obama Fatigue
Bush was better for Europe. No, seriously.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Bush Throws a Party
How does U.S. President George W. Bush's preelection spending binge stack up against history?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Too Much Vision Thing
Excerpts from U.S. President George W. Bush's speech on freedom in Iraq and the Middle East at the 20th anniversary of the National Endowment for Democracy on Nov. 6, 2003.
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Iraq’s False Promises
If you want to understand why the Bush administration invaded Iraq, read Freud's Interpretation of Dreams, not the National Security Strategy of the United States. Only the twisted logic of dreams can explain why the United States thinks that the aggressive pursuit of contradictory goals -- promoting democracy, affirming U.S. hegemony, and ensuring stable energy supplies -- will produce success.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Embargo on Change
Obama or no Obama, U.S.-Cuba relations are unlikely to improve anytime soon.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Think Again: Neocons
A cabal of neoconservatives has hijacked the Bush administration's foreign policy and transformed the world's sole superpower into a unilateral monster. Say what? In truth, stories about the "neocon" ascendancy -- and the group's insidious intent to wage preemptive wars across the globe -- have been much exaggerated. And by telling such tall tales, critics have twisted the neocons' identities and thinking on U.S. foreign policy into an unrecognizable caricature.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Meet George W. Kerry
Why John Kerry's foreign policy would emulate George W. Bush's -- and vice versa.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Bush’s Willing Enablers
Who outside the administration is to blame for the turmoil in Iraq? The list is long.
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Imperial Amnesia
The United States invaded a distant country to share the blessings of democracy. But after being welcomed as liberators, U.S. troops encountered a bloody insurrection. Sound familiar? Don't think Iraq -- think the Philippines and Mexico decades ago. U.S. President George W. Bush and his advisors have embarked on a historic mission to change the world. Too bad they ignored the lessons of history.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Think Again: Mercenaries
"How is it in our nation's interest," asked U.S. Sen. Carl Levin recently, "to have civilian contractors, rather than military personnel, performing vital national security functions... in a war zone?" The answer lies in humanity's long history of contracting force and the changing role of today's private security firms. Even as governments debate how to hold them accountable, these hired guns are rapidly becoming indispensable to national militaries, private corporations, and non-governmental groups across the globe.
