Failures+of+the+Bush+Presidency

President George W. Bush’s presidency has been regarded as a failure and historians blame him for the economic failures along with the many lives lost from thewar against terrorism. At first, Bush has gained popularity for responding to the terrorist attacks with encouragement to the American people by ensuring a declaration of war; however this war proved to be dragged throughout the years. To achieve his goal of targeting Saddam Hussein, Bush ignored advices from his administration of the reality that he was going to be involved with the religious and rivalry of ethnic groups, which ended up with the death of many US soldiers. The war also decreased the national debt tremendously, furthering the recession. William F. Buckley stated that, "one can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed.” Bush’s promise of revenging the lives of many innocent lives lost during the dreadful 9/11, which at first brought unity amongst the American people, actually furthered the deaths of its people.
 * Mistakes on the War**[[image:http://students.georgiasouthern.edu/greeklife/George-W-Bush.jpg width="269" height="350" align="right"]]

Bush’s approach towards the economic problems resulted in tax cuts, which only caused the federal deficit to increase. In less than three years, the $230 billion annual federal budget he inherited quickly became a $500 billion deficit. He also borrowed about $1 trillion from foreign nations in four years, which exceeds the amount all the previous presidents did in the past, combined. The cut in taxes and the tremendous amounts of federal spending also had its effects on the citizens. Even though wages were increased, the inflation from the growing falling economy outweighed the positive aspects. With this, another recession formed in 2007, causing many Americans to lose their jobs as the unemployment rate escalated into horrifying numbers.
 * Economic Failures**