I've just read he passed on Friday evening aged 94 and French leader Macron couldn't have put it better - from his side of the pond ...
"On behalf of the French people, I convey all my condolences to the American nation for the loss of former President George Bush. He was a world leader, who strongly supported the alliance with Europe. Our sympathy to his family and beloved ones."
This was a US President to respect
He was a decent human being but a really mediocre president. There is a reason he
was a one term president.
He was a decent human being but a really mediocre president. There is a reason he
was a one term president.
A "Deep State" operative working for the "New World Order."
Hi Maxx
yet another example of 'Trampu' promising much but in reality delivering little ? ;)
... American elections, Trump got in ...Not so much Trump was elected but more like Cinton was rejected.
I'm not a believer of the New World Order. Lots of those old guys that are accused of wanting to rule the world haven't done much, are dead, or going to die soon. American president's power fade away after they serve their term. They don't get more powerful ruling the world. As far as how much control they got over American elections, Trump got in so if anything, those supposedly powerful people haven't been successful keeping the presidency reserved for "insiders" who paid their dues.
My faith and respect for the Bush's family is restored. I'm happy they set aside any political/personal animosity and acknowledge the higher calling and respect the office of the US presidency demands.
Bush Sr. - RIP
I feel sorry for a now somewhat elderly man himself, having to go through this in such a public way,Having to go through what?
George Herbert Walker Bush: “Sarah, if the American people ever find out what we have done, they would chase us down the street and lynch us.”
That is a famous 1992 quote by George Herbert Walker Bush to Sarah McLendon, a Texas journalist who Bush had known for years and who was the grand dame of the White House press corps at the time. McLendon had asked Bush: “What will the people do if they ever find out the truth about Iraq-gate and Iran contra?”
Jeb Bush to intelligence operative Al Martin, who had worked closely with Jeb Bush during the Iran-Contra scandal and was threatening to go public: “There is no constituency for the truth.”
Ross Perot: “When you look into the [American POW] prisoner cover-up, you find government officials in the drug trade who can’t break themselves of the habit.”
Ross Perot: “What I have found is a snake pit without a bottom. They will do anything to keep this covered up.”
Barry Seal was a legendary CIA drug smuggler and ace pilot who had literally worked for the Agency since he was a teenage pilot prodigy in the late 1950’s. By 1986 Barry Seal was having legal problems (criminal and a huge IRS tax liability) that not even his CIA connections could protect him from and according to Seal’s lawyer Lewis Unglesby, Barry Seal was a threat to testify against Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush. In fact, in early 1986 Barry Seal was threatening GHW Bush to get the IRS off his back or he (Seal) was going to blow the whistle on the Contra scheme and CIA drug smuggling.
Two weeks after his argument with Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush, Barry Seal was pumped full of bullets and murdered outside his Baton Rouge halfway house on Feb. 19, 1986. The three Columbians who were convicted of the crime thought they were working for Lt. Col. Oliver North of the National Security Council.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/04/03/1199001/-Jeb-Bush-Oliver-North-and-the-Murder-of-CIA-Drug-Smuggler-Barry-Seal-in-1986
I think his funeral went a bit overboard. I mean, he was a good man and a U.S. President, but the half-week of festivities seemed a bit much. I wonder how much it cost the U.S. taxpayers?We will never know. Will Jimmy Carter..Bill Clinton...George Jr....Barack Obama... and Donald Trump all receive the same fanfare these days?