Using dead heroes to prove a point is very low, even for liberals. But a good point it is, if both bushes had stayed out of the middle east we wouldnt be having as many problems as we are today, we need to let them handle their own problems. The entire housing bubble was predicted and could have been avoided, ill keep my conspiracy theories out of this since I have no concrete evidence to back them up, it was just greed that made the bubble pop. Do I think we are better off today than we were 4 years ago? Not even close, is it ALL obamas fault? No, not even close. It is still partially his fault for not doing jack shit about anything, yet I do believe bush has set him up for failure. Another 4 years of obama is not the answer though. I will be voting Romney this year, not because I believe he is the answer, but because obama has already proven that he ISNT the answer. I also dont like obamas shady background, If I knew a little more about his history I might be inclined to vote for him, but since I cant trust him he wont be seeing my vote.
Back to the war in the middle east, obama has taken many troops home, I can almost applaud him for that, the reason Im not thrilled is because he only did so after doubling the amount in there. Effectivley making the current amount of troops in there more than when bush left.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/.../american-forces-in-afghanistan-and-iraq.html
This chart shows that obama has steadily declined troops in iraq, and after june of 2011 we no longer have troops stationed there. Whether or not we still have a military presence is unknown, but im sure we have some people stationed there to keep the peace and assist their own law enforcement. It also shows that we have
much more troops in Afghanistan now than we did with bush.