Why do we miss the brave presidents like George W. Bush?

George W. Bush brave? He even shirked his Air National Guard duty as a young man, although he was in no danger in Texas and Alabama. As president he let Dick Cheney effectively usurp his place during his first term. read more

Cheney had been Secretary of Defense in the George H. W. Bush administration and vehemently disagreed with Bush Sr.’s decision to simply liberate Kuwait from its Iraqi occupiers instead of going into Iraq and overthrowing Saddam Hussein. read more

In another 10 years, Dubya might be remembered as fondly as his father, George H.W. Bush, who was deluged with well wishes after his hospitalization in Houston this month. Bush 41 even managed a wry note to the current president, apologizing for missing his inauguration: “My doctor says if I sit outside in January, it likely will put me six feet under,” he wrote to Trump. read more