History will judge Bush a great President?

Scott Adams puts the case for placing on Mount Rushmore one of the great Presidents ever.  The rationale:

President Bush famously promised to do something about the Axis of : , Iran, and North Korea. That was a priority. How's he doing so far?

Iraq didn't have any weapons of mass destruction, but by restricting inspectors, it acted as if it did. That is almost as dangerous as having a nuclear weapon because it causes your neighbor (Iran) to build its own nukes, just to be safe. It turns out they were doing just that.

Recently we learned that Iran stopped its nuclear bomb program in 2003. That's about the same time the U.S. was disemboweling its next door neighbor based on the suspicion of having a nuclear weapons program. Iran probably noticed. History will credit President Bush for removing the threat of nuclear from the .

North Korea has also discontinued its nuke program, thanks in part, history might acknowledge, because when the U.S. invaded Iraq, it went after the leadership first, including sons. That's the sort of thing that gets your attention if you are a dictator. As with Reagan's defense plan, the U.S. under President Bush seemed crazy enough to attack North Korea. The threat was entirely credible. That, plus China's pressure, neutralized North Korea.

Meanwhile, Libya surrendered its nuclear ambitions without even being asked. Credit President Bush for that one too.

Terrorism was a priority during the Bush administration. History won't blame him for the first attack on , but it certainly might credit him for the no other attacks happened during his two terms. That's a perfect record on homeland security.

Discuss: Is the theory correct?

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