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
2003 Iraq War
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
- ↑ "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.