Poll: Americans still blame Dubya for bad economy

Whoever said Americans are dumb?  No way!  Only 33 percent of them.

CNN Poll: Is Bush still to blame for economy?

February 6, 2014 | CNN

URL: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/06/cnn-poll-is-bush-still-to-blame-for-economy/?hpt=hp_bn6

Zakaria: Blame Bush for today's Iraq violence

Right on. It's totally fair to keep blaming Iraq on Bush.

The escalating violence there isn't something that President Obama can wag away with a dissaproving finger, or "surge" through with thousands of troops. It's too late, the damage was done 10 years ago.

As Zakaria rightly notes, Dubya's policy in 2003 of de-Baathification in Iraq pitted an ousted Sunni elite against a new Shia majority. Their sectarian fight continues to this day. 

It didn't have to be this way. If only some smart, informed people had been in charge, with a little intellectual nuance.

Why Iraq is in turmoil

By Fareed Zakaria

January 11, 2014 | CNN

URL:  http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/01/11/why-iraq-is-in-turmoil/?hpt=hp_bn2

Ralph Nader's letter to Dubya on Iraq

If it's not too late to keep naming things after Reagan then it's not too late to keep blaming things on Bush. 

In this case, for the ongoing Iraq nightmare.

Nader wrote this letter in reply to a mailed solicitation for a donation to the Bush library -- obviously sent to him in error. But Nader didn't let the chance slip.  It's a must-read!

Mission accomplished? Have you seen Iraq lately?

A Letter to George W. Bush

By Ralph Nader

January 3, 2014 | Huffington Post

URL: http://huff.to/1gwUpbY