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On George H.W. Bush, I think some criticisms on his policies are warranted. He did some things that were wrong IMO, but he also did some good things, especially after being president. There is a time and place to judge his body of work. I do think the war in Iraq was a set-up. There is evidence that they knew Hussein was going to invade Kuwait and the U.S. ambassador led him to believe the U.S. would not interfere, which enabled the invasion. There were also many false reports regarding the invasion.

Having said that, Saddam Hussein did deserve to have his ass kicked.

Obama inherited 2 wars and ran on a platform for getting out of them. When that wasn't feasible, he used weapons at his disposal that reduced harm to Americans. We can argue about the results of course, but he inherited a bad situation.

I think there is one truth that probably applies to all presidents. The job is extremely hard and involves decisions that are horrible to have to make. I tend to see Bush's decisions based enforcing foreign policy and Obama's as trying to correct a foreign policy path that was already strayed. Maybe he failed, but things weren't going well before he took over either.

The whole Iraq thing has been pretty much ongoing since Kennedy and every president since has been reacting to the blow black ever since. The CIA under Kennedy helped put the Ba'ath party in power to begin with to avoid communists from taking over.