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|name=George W. Bush | |name=George W. Bush | ||
|nationality=[[Statesian]] | |nationality=[[Statesian]] | ||
|birth_name=George Walker Bush | |caption=White House portrait of George W. Bush in the year 2009.|birth_name=George Walker Bush | ||
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1946|7|6}} | |birth_date={{birth date and age|1946|7|6}} | ||
|birth_place=New Haven, [[Connecticut]], [[United States of America]] | |birth_place=New Haven, [[Connecticut]], [[United States of America]] | ||
|image=George-W-Bush.jpg | |image=George-W-Bush.jpg | ||
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'''George | '''George Walker Bush''' (born 6 July 1946 in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[State of Connecticut|Connecticut]]) is a [[United States of America|Statesian]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] politician and [[State of Texas|Texas]] oilman who served as the 43rd [[President of the United States]] from 2001 to 2009 as well as the [[Governor of Texas]] from 1995 to 2000. Bush oversaw the [[War on Terror]] (incl. the [[War in Afghanistan|Statesian invasions of Afghanistan]] and [[Iraq War|Iraq]]), the [[An Act to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and across the globe, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes|Patriot Act]], the [[An act to close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind|No Child Left Behind Act]], the [[An act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary prescription drug benefit under the medicare program and to strengthen and improve the medicare program, and for other purposes|Medicare Modernization Act]], and the [[2007–2008 financial crisis]]. | ||
Bush is the son of the 41st President [[George H. W. Bush]] as well as the grandson of [[Senator from Connecticut|Senator]] [[Prescott Bush]]. | |||
==Presidency== | ==Presidency== | ||
=== | ===2003 Iraq War=== | ||
George Bush is best remembered for starting the 2003 [[Iraq War|invasion of Iraq]] under false pretences, protecting the perpetrators of abuse and torture at [[Abu Ghraib]] and intensifying the [[War in Afghanistan|invasion of Afghanistan]]. | George Bush is best remembered for starting the 2003 [[Iraq War|invasion of Iraq]] under false pretences,<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=George W. Bush confronted: ‘A million Iraqis are dead because you lied’|date=2021-09-20|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/george-w-bush-confronted-a-million-iraqis-are-dead-because-you-lied/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706221535/https://www.liberationnews.org/george-w-bush-confronted-a-million-iraqis-are-dead-because-you-lied/|archive-date=2022-07-06|retrieved=2022-12-07}}</ref> protecting the perpetrators of abuse and torture at [[Abu Ghraib]] and intensifying the [[War in Afghanistan|invasion of Afghanistan]]. | ||
By all metrics, he is a war criminal but he has never been tried as such. | By all metrics, he is a war criminal but he has never been tried as such. | ||
== References == | |||
[[Category:Presidents of the United States]] | |||
Latest revision as of 01:39, 28 March 2024
George W. Bush | |
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 White House portrait of George W. Bush in the year 2009. | |
| Born | George Walker Bush July 6, 1946 New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America |
| Nationality | Statesian |
George Walker Bush (born 6 July 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut) is a Statesian Republican Party politician and Texas oilman who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 as well as the Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. Bush oversaw the War on Terror (incl. the Statesian invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq), the Patriot Act, the No Child Left Behind Act, the Medicare Modernization Act, and the 2007–2008 financial crisis.
Bush is the son of the 41st President George H. W. Bush as well as the grandson of Senator Prescott Bush.
Presidency[edit | edit source]
2003 Iraq War[edit | edit source]
George Bush is best remembered for starting the 2003 invasion of Iraq under false pretences,[1] protecting the perpetrators of abuse and torture at Abu Ghraib and intensifying the invasion of Afghanistan.
By all metrics, he is a war criminal but he has never been tried as such.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "George W. Bush confronted: ‘A million Iraqis are dead because you lied’" (2021-09-20). Liberation News. Archived from the original on 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-12-07.