Here's something along the same lines: Hope ya'll don't mind.
Just another perspective on reality...............
----- Original Message -----
> The following appeared in the Durham, NC local paper as a letter
> to the editor.
>
> Liberals claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war.
> They complain about his prosecution of it. One liberal recently
> claimed Bush was the worst president in U.S. history.
>
> Let's clear up one point: We didn't start the war on terror. Try
> to remember, it was started by terrorists BEFORE 9/11.
>
> Let's look at the "worst" president and mismanagement claims. FDR
> led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us: Japan did. From
> 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per year.
>
> Truman finished that war and started one in Korea, North Korea
> never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, an average
> of 18,333 per year.
>
> John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam
> never attacked us. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From
> 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per year.
>
> Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent, Bosnia
> never attacked us. He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter
> three times by Sudan and did nothing.
>
> Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions. In the two years
> since terrorists attacked us, President Bush has liberated two
> countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear
> inspectors in Lybia, Iran and North Korea without firing a shot, and
> captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people. We
> lost 600 soldiers, an average of 30 a year. Bush did all this abroad
> while not allowing another terrorist attack at home.
>
> Worst president in history? Come on!