In an interview on his legacy, President Bush says he is proud that his record includes the liberation of 50 million people – half Iraqis, half Afghans.
“I’d like to be a president [known] as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace,” he said.
In both Iraq and Afghanistan, Bush led a military coalition against repressive regimes known to abuse their “own people” and to support the killing of innocents in foreign nations.
Against the cynics. In both cases, Bush had to ignore the world’s appeasers, many of whom argued against halting Saddam’s deadly fascism or the Taliban’s brutal fanaticism. Especially large numbers of cynics opposed the liberation of Iraq, despite the fact that Saddam had killed at least 10 times as many people as the Taliban and al-Qaida, and despite the fact that Saddam’s repression had lasted much longer than the Taliban-al-Qaida alliance.
By toppling Saddam in Iraq and the Taliban in Afghanistan, and by helping those two nations establish elected governments, Bush also set the stage for a lasting peace. History has shown that there is no real peace without freedom, and that democracies seldom make war with one another.
Bush is a liberator indeed. By removing tyrants in Iraq and Afghanistan, Bush has given peace a real chance. It’s a record to be proud of.
Frank Warner
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