I know I'm a broken record on this, but it really is disturbing how every mass media outlet immediately transforms into a cliche-spouting groupthink factory the moment high-profile political figures die. All critical thinking, skepticism, and debate are essentially prohibited
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There's also the contrast in temperament, courtesy, etc. It really is a stark contrast, all told, and I do much prefer the GHWB model to the Trump model. Bush's foreign policy was also, as presidents' foreign policies go, non-horrible (way better than his son's, e.g.).
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I take serious issue with the assumption (widely expressed without challenge over the past two days) that GHWB's foreign policy was an unmitigated "success," and must now be valorized by all right-minded citizens. Especially re: the Gulf War and Panama.
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