| Whatever you think of Bush, the war in Iraq has not gone to plan. Also, Bush and Tony Blair have been economical with the truth and some people would accuse them of outright lying (over Saddam's ability to launch WMD in 45 mins for example). IMO Bush sees the world too much as black and white, them and us. He can't appreciate that there is a world majority of opinion that falls within a view that you can only punish specific acts and not the potential of them happening. There is no use in trying to combat terrorism on a military level when the underlying causes are not tackled in the first place.
Bush has made too many gaffes and I for one have lost a lot of credibility in him. Whilst Kerry has not exactly sold himself to me I do think that he could mend some fences and restore US credibility in some parts of the world.
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