Presidential Parallels
The topic I am writing on is the Presidential Parallels. This is an
opinion only. A few of our presidents have made mistakes when they were
in office. I will be talking about President Bush, Nix, and George H. W.
Bush.
President Johnson was in office for the first four years of the Vietnam
War, then President Nixon for the rest of the war. President Nixon could
and should have pulled U.S. troops out of Vietnam. President Nixon could
have declared war on Vietnam so that the troops could have gone on the
offense instead of staying on the defense position. Congress refused to allow
the American military to take the necessary position to win the war.
Terrorist attacked the World Trade Center in New York City on
September 11, 2001 during President Bush’s first term. Bush attacked Iraq,
then tried to find the weapons of mass destruction. He stayed to help the
Iraqis form a new government. President Bush should have left or pulled out
of Iraq.
President George H.W. Bush had made mistakes while he was in
office. He sent five hundred thousand troops to Saudi Arabia to help liberate
Kuwait. Israeli secret agents discovered that Hussein was close to
developing an atomic bomb, told Bush who convinced the United Nations to
send troops to liberate Kuwait and protect the other Arab nations.
The bad things these presidents have done are out weighed by the
good things they have done. President Nixon was protecting the American
political parties over seas in Vietnam. President George H.W. Bush was
looking out for the American well being on gasoline and oil. President
George H.W. Bush placed General Colin Powell as second in command of
the military only to the President. George W. Bush sent troops to Iraq to
protect the oil industries for American people.