I Am Not Going to Blame All the Troubles of the US on George W Bush

But what's clear is that he took a country with some serious problems in 2001-- and made everything much much worse.

We're tragically worse off in so many ways-- even putting aside 9/11 and deep conspiracy.

Financially and monetarily, we're in absolutely horrible shape. Militarily, we're in terrible shape. Energy-wise, we're reduced to begging Saudi princes for low oil prices. Our foreign policy is a shambles. We've lost any moral high ground we ever had with the disgustingly Orwellian "war on terror". We spend an obscene amount of money on defense compared to other countries. Health-care, personal income, personal security, the Stock market, employment rate, oil prices, personal freedoms, social equality-- who can honestly claim that anything has improved under Bush?

Even in the absence of the "inside job" truth about 9/11, you can't blame much of these troubles on "al Qaeda", as it is obvious those guys never could have done a fraction of the damage that this country has done to itself.

In 2000, I knew Bush would be bad for the country-- I just had no idea HOW bad.