We (Americans) have a very short and politically divided memory. Thank you for this video, could you make one like this for the other recent Presidents.
+keltar2007 Not really difficult considering he was unable to just shut up (though Trump looks to be outdoing him when it comes to that this year), but all these facts here do further add to the stupidity of his outbursts.
Thank you for sharing this info. My family carries a torch for him. Like the Sudan tragedy, I don't think he would have stood by now and watched so many in the world continue to suffer so horribly.
I would love to have a sort of "series" of Top Tenz like this about, say, the last 10 US presidents: a list of ten good things, and a list of ten bad things, for each president. This is great for giving a balanced view of those men. :) Please do more of those!
I'm definitely NOT a Bush supporter, but I can't fault Top Tenz for presenting the facts to support their position. It's a "like", but only for the channel doing its due diligence.
midniteryder he’s doing a lot, it’s the house that isn’t doing anything other than complaining. They aren’t even putting bills in to help fix what they are complaining about. Everyone in my office got a raise and now benefits from one of his changes.
Jake G Trump does look really corrupt, the economy may be “booming” but the rich seem to just be getting richer and middle class hasnt been seeing nearly as much benefits
@@nathangoucher9184The rich are always just getting richer and the middle class doesn't see as much benefits. The news and politicans only bring it up when they hate whoever the president is.
I want to see Top Tenz my opinion of TRUMP around in a few years. I should be careful what I ask for because if it took Trump to make me see Bush in a better light..... =O
+jonathan helblig everyone knows the bad stuff. The point of this video was to talk about some of the good in the sea of bad. Whether you like Bush or not, no one is perfect, but bias views can make people think one person is perfect while the other is Satan incarnate even if that's not really the case. Saying that everything a person does all the time is/was evil, and intentionally so, is unfair and BS.
There’s the story of a French representative mocking a US military general for bringing aircraft carriers. The general explained that each ship could feed 5,000 people and had a fully functioning hospital and the soldiers prevented looting. Pretty awesome.
What about him golfing with wounded veterans, and what about the painting he did of those soldiers he golfed with( which he also wrote a book on called "portraits of courage". This is the main reason why I have so much respect for this president
@@Свободадляроссии the president isn’t allowed to send federal troops into a state unless the governor agrees to allow him, dummy. Read the Constitution. Trying to blame the “corporations” for things you don’t understand I sounds almost as ignorant, btw
@@ng2603 Still did nothing. All of NJ hates him because other presidents actually came and did something, he flew over it. Either way you can't act like Bush wasn't sucking every corporation off which offered themselves to him.
Damn! This is an impressive list of accomplishments. Makes me rethink a lot of stuff about Bush. I still disagree with his politics but I have a much higher opinion of him as a human being
Even though I disagreed to with his politics I always felt that he was a decent human being. Unfortunately today we have a political arena that focuses on division and hate instead of commonality.
Dubya, I disagreed with you on many policies, but I never doubted your love for America. I worked security at Ground Zero; you kept us safe. Thank you.
I'm shocked this isn't better known. There is a lot of hate for 'W' and while some may be deserved it is a crime all the good he achieved isn't more widely known. Great vid and thanks for researching this!
In this current presidential race, if George W Bush ran for office again, I'd vote for him no questions asked. I'd rather have old GWB back than have either of the two current candidates which leaves you to choose between fascism and anarchy.
Odin Bueno don't act like you're intellectually superior to conservatives. what's your definition of fascism? I want your own honest and 100 percent original definition of fascism. and also give me examples on how we are a fascist nation.
Cj Hud I hate Nazis the most. 9/11 Deniers and "Truthers" are a close second. Innocent Americans died that day. Do not utter that date in disrespect. Don't try me.
One thing that's missing from this list is his immediate response to 9/11. I'm not talking about the long-term policy decisions he made such as the wars, nation building, and patriot act. I'm talking about his leadership in the days and weeks after the attack. He kept a calm demeanor while reassuring a shocked and frightened nation. He went out of his way to assure Islam that this is a war against terrorism, not Islam.
As a South Louisiana native, meaning that Katrina landed in my yard, I can honestly say that Bush didn't bungle Katrina. The Army Corp of Engineers, state and parish (county) governments did, and the residents themselves did. Our local and state governments believed that out levee systems were better than they actually were. The Army Corps of Engineers didn't make sure to check on the status of the levees properly, as they should every year before and after Hurricane season and after a hurricane. Citizens states behind for reasons such as not wanting to leave their stuff behind to get stolen, going to people's houses to steal stuff, looting stores, and "I'm gonna die in this house" thinking. There was ample time to leave the city and buses to help despite what some say. The ones taken to the Superdome were the ones who waited until the last minute. I do blame a lack of contraflow as well, but that wasn't needed at that scale before. It was new and bound to have issues. As far as Bin Laden, the Bush's did business with his parents within the lucrative oil trade. On a deep level, Bush thought that might strain the business relationship. Plus, hell of an achievement for Obama, right?
From my understanding, everyone believed that Iraq had WMDs. I know I’m in the vast minority here but knowing what we did then I understand the invasion. And here come the hate comments
@@sunsman4 same here, i truly believe its a mistake to leave now. The taliban are not freedom fighters, they are oppressors of women and the Afghan people
I'd like to blame my youth at the time (I was 7 when GWB was first elected) and the media's love of scandal and slander, but I always thought of Bush as incompetent but charismatic. Maybe he was better than I thought.
"George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People" is a protest song by a Houston-based hip-hop duo called The Legendary K.O.[1][2] It was released[3] on September 6, 2005, just days after Hurricane Katrina. The song was made available free on the Internet.[1] The song was a single first made available from FWMJ's Rappers I Know website. It was released using the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license.[4] It has been described as "vividly topical",[5] and "one of the best political protest songs of all time".
Thats the thing with media, a lot of people forget all the genuinely great things Bush did, its like Obama, who has done some horrendously awful things, and yet everyone remembers him as a hero
Bush also passed the "no child left behind" act which helps students in both public and college schools with learning disabilities(including those that mentally challenged) and sets up laws that schools have to abide by to ensure a special needs need student gets all the help that can be provided to help them get a proper education.
I totally agree that he's underrated and pooped on overly much by all kinds of media, but last time I said something like that on here, I was lambasted as badly as he was, so I'm just going to move along now.
The American news medias polarization kept many of these things from becoming widely known. Those broadcasters on the right were not in any way interested in telling people about things GWB did that would be seen as "liberal". Those on the left certainly didn't want to paint him as anything but a corporate toady. As with all things, the truth always lies between the perceptions of idealogy.
I have often wondered the same thing. Obama got one for doing..... something I'm sure. Being a liberal I can only assume. Isn't that what they give them for?
George W Bush was not allowed to send government relief to the city of New Orleans until the mayor and governor asked for help, and they did not for numerous days.
He was a much better President than everyone gives him credit for. It's real unfortunate he's looked down upon. Things, like the Iraq war, that the government probably mentioned and agreed on and yet he still gets all the blame for. And the President has no control over the economy, the housing crisis and the recession that followed, wasn't his fault at all. We miss you George. You will always be the first best President I've had in my lifetime. I was born in the mid '90s, so first as in earliest, but so far still number 1 in my book. May end up moving to 2, I have yet to see what President Trump will do, but still. Thank you for serving our great nation, both in the military and as Commander in chief. We love you.
his biggest fault tbh is that he didn't like acknowledging when America was in danger. he was deeply humanitarian and felt so deeply for people that were hurting that he couldn't wrap his head around the possibility of his fellow Americans being in any way in trouble like those OTHER nations. so he would look the other way on our issues and when he looked the other way, less humanitarian members of his cabinet (read cheney) would make policy calls and he'd just sign or do whatever he was told. he was too much of a softie to be a president and the poor and minority citizens and residents of America suffered for it
How does one "stop" climate change? Climate change is, and always has been an ongoing phenomenon. The only question is how much people contribute to it.
Really you got 4 reasons why history will look down on W because of these reasons.1 1. Iraq War from the beginning and how it was handled. 2. Katrina his response to it. 3. The financial crisis of 2008 4. The Bush tax cuts, went from surplus to deficit in one year.
+redmustang03 Why don't you do an unbiased research on those 4 things. You'll see you are wrong. The Iraq war started in 1991 and we had a cease fire which means by law we was always at war even under Clinton with Iraq. 2 Katrina was NOT his fault. It was the governor's fault! she was a newly elected democrat who campaigned on "we don't ever need the help of the republican federal government president Bush" SO she didn't declare a state of emergency thinking she can handle the crisis on her own. BY LAW Bush couldn't do ANYTHING to help with Katrina. IT took Bush marching into her office yelling at her to give him the proper paperwork so he can help her" and then she finally did and federal aid came right away. How can you blame him for that??? The financial crisis of 08 was due to the mortgage housing bubble crashing. PLEASE look up how it started!! Bill Clinton signed a bill 'community re-investment act" look it up! That bill stripped banks of de-regulation AND forced them to give mortgage loans to people who couldn't afford it. If banks didn't give these loans they could now legally sue any bank which 1 got sued for it. Everyone and there mother was buying new homes and then they couldn't pay there bills so it all crashed. Bush tried to stop it 2 times before it happened BUT was blocked by democrats saying "Bush just doesn't want low income families to have a new home" How can you blame him for that??? The Bush tax cuts helped EVERY working man and woman get lower taxes. IF Obama took that away from us today ALL of America would feel its effects and be pissed off. WE NEVER HAD A SURPLUS!! Clinton right before Al Gore ran for office BORROWED money from other needed programs to put in this "surplus" program just so Americans will maybe vote Al Gore in. That is a fact. IF YOU WORK then those tax cuts you hate soooo much is putting more money in your pocket. how can you hate that?
That’s because you pretty much can’t do anything for Americans unless you sub it to a business that is for profit. Remember the old stories of prisoners making license plates? Well they had to stop that because a guy sued the government saying they were undermining his for profit business. It’s the same with everything else now. Can’t do anything for free that a business can do for a profit. Sometimes capitalism really sucks
Can we get the facts right on the Iraq war/Afghan War which should be #1. The Iraq war was MORE than justified. Here are the reasons for the Iraq War: 1. The US and Iraq had a CEASEFIRE agreement. The US and Saddam's Iraq had been technically and legally at war since 1991. Just like North and South Korea have a ceasefire and are still technically at war. 2. Saddam routinely violated the NO-FLY zone on an almost daily basis. These were military engagements and those alone would justify a war. 3. Saddam had a history of using WMDs. They did find Sarin gas by the way. That and Saddam had over a year to ship WMDs from Baathist Iraq to Baathist Syria. Where did Assad get his WMDs? 4. Saddam's Human Rights record. The US went into Bosnia and Somalia OVER LESS! 5. Saddam OPENLY supported, financed, and harbored the terrorist group Hamas. He was not related to Alqueda. But this is a war on terrorism and Hamas is a major terrorist organization. 6. Those who opposed the Iraq war only did so because Bush43 wanted to do it. Through out the 1990s people complained that Bush41 didn't finish the job and something should be done about Saddam's Iraq. Just watch the hollywood liberal diatribe "Three Kings" to refresh your memory. If Clinton or Gore wanted to liberate Iraq there would be little argument about the matter. But because Bush43 wanted to do it. Suddenly its the worst idea and thing that ever happened. TOTAL Hypocrisy and double standard. 7. Iraq was a problem waiting to happen. If you think Saddam was bad just you wait until his 2 sons Uday and Qusay were running Iraq. This was also a preemptive war. It was nipping future problems in the bud. Ironically the Iraq War was more justified than the Afghan War. But because of political partisanship and biased media the Iraq War has been distorted. And how is Liberating Iraq and Afghanistan a bad thing? I ask. Anyone who opposed the Iraq war is a racist bigot because they believe Arabs don't deserve to live in a free democracy. Arab lives apparently don't matter to the left because Bush wants to liberate them.
+ShadesMP5 I could one big reason why the war was bad for the world itself : Saddam was the only freaking man there in the Middle East who was keeping the powder keg from exploding. Anyone who lived there or nearby knew that very well. As an Indian, growing up right across the small sea in India we had news about him and his actions regularly but we also knew what kind of people the locals were and why he was needed. This is what the Americans never get always - get accurate information before bombing people to kingdom come and back.
Daniel Lewis The Iraq war had 2 phases: The Saddam Baathist phase and the insurgency. The war against Saddam and his regime was won in 2003. The Insurgency as a major military force was beaten in 2004 in Fallujah. The War was won in 2007 thanks to the Surge. What happened was there was no status of forces agreement. Which is what Iraq needed. Its standard operating procedure for secured US victory. Obama is to blame for ISIS in Iraq. NO question about that. ISIS would be limited to Syria if Obama had at least done the bare minimum.
You realize that Obama tried to constantly improve a lot but Congress fought him so he and his cabinet could barely get anything done. The president is not all-powerful he can't just make things happen. Bush isn't the worst president we've ever had but he wasn't great either all the things he did right can be appreciated.
It was always interesting for me to travel abroad and find people in countries in Latin America, Asia and even Europe that thought Bush WAs a kick ass president. *I* as an American was surprised about ALL THE MONEY the USA was giving to countries around the world. A SHOCK is that the USA has an "American Hospital" on every city where there is an embassy. This is there to give health checks to people asking for a visa, but it is a FULL hospital and carries the same regulations than any hospital in the USA. NO ONE WILL BE DENIED HEALTH CARE . "Doctors without Borders " was a continued USA campaign . These were fully prepared jumbo jets ready to land on any country to give immediate help to any sudden medical emergency. I found out about this in CUBA of all places, where I saw a 747 with an American flag on the tarmac . When I asked , it was a "Doctors without Borders" plane trying to contain an eye infection that had sprouted in Cuba and was leaving children blind. Coincidentally the Mayo clinic was studying this freakish virus and had a cure. I asked friends to let me know how long the plane was there... It was performing operations and vaccinations for 3 years. Now, WE can say ."well THAT is TAX money" What we (I didn't know) don't know, is that a nice chunk of money is set aside in the USA budget to provide medical assistant to 3rd world countries. This was NOT Bush's idea it was Reagan but Bush had been the only president to increase funds. Katrina is such a god damn rabbit hole of mishandled funds and Corporate cheats I find it unfair to blame Bush for it.
George W Bush's best moment was in the days after 9/11. When Ground Zero was still smouldering and New York City was still on its knees, he went to the Big Apple and made a spur of the moment speech with a megaphone, in which he said, "...and the one's who knocked these buildings down (the World Trade Center) will hear all of us soon,"
The biggest difference between President Bush and President Obama President Bush didn't make speeches bragging about his accomplishments. President Obama always made it a point to brag about his so-called accomplishments and made the word "I" one if the most common words in his speeches.
Everything positive he might have done are so outweighed by the negative that this is a ridiculous topic. Kind of like saying Hitler did so many great things to improve Germany.
fluidacid I'm willing to bet your'e some third world piece of garbage trolling on youtube. Also, this is your first computer for being the first in your family to graduate from high school. Two can play at the assumption game, dumbass.
+fluidacid Oh it's a keyboard cowboy talking tough on the internet. So what you are back at work and can use the computer. If you're so intelligent you have yet to prove it by any of your ignorant comments. As for my education it is obvious you're lacking in that department. So go clean a swamp or build a well for your village. Do something useful you're only looking stupid on here.
Wow! So he helped everyone but America? What a guy... I thank my lucky stars for that man, without him it wouldn't take 4 hours to get on a plane and we wouldn't have people monitoring this conversation thank the lord for the patriot act
+TopTenz You're completely right that censorship is bad. In my opinion however (which you are perfectly entitled to ignore and disagree with) that a youtube channel - like many other forms of media- that isn't supposed to be political, should not ever get political. I believe you should remain professional and stick to topics that will not create large divisions of opinion in your fans. Doing otherwise would be unfair to them.
What's divisive about this? They made a great video. I don't agree with everything they've said, but they presented it well and your opinion, which you are certainly entitled too, is completely absurd. It's not even really political, it's historical.
I don't think you know anything about how youtube works. Your recommendation for the title would not have lead to this video getting over 115k views. Sometimes you have to risk controversy in order to spark interest.
You do remember all the times during the 90's that the Iraqi president claimed to have Weapons of Mass Destruction? and all the threats he made to the U.S. regarding the use of them don't you? And I hope you remember all the NATO envoys who were sent into Iraq to determine Sadaam's claims. During the 90's the Iraqi's caused nothing but trouble for the whole world, and Sadaam Hussein just sat back and used the , "I have WMD's" threat to frighten the world. Bush did not start the war, but he sure as heck tried to finish it. As a Democrat myself, I did disagree with him on many issues. However, I do know he could not have done anything without Congress's approval. George W. Bush became president during one of the most terrible times in history and cannot be blamed for 9-11. He had not been in office for very long when the attack occurred, and like most Americans he was blind-sided by the event, as for Hurricane Katrina that was FEMA's fault not Bush's. So many people think they would have done a better job under such terrible circumstances. Well, then run for president. Maybe you'll do better.
What lies did he tell? I'm just curious. 20 intelligence agencies around the world said that Saddam had a nuclear weapons program. Since Saddam kicked out the UN inspectors, we had no way to know for sure. Saddam Hussein lied to his own administration. He admitted this when he was interrogated. They would have assassinated him if they knew he didn't have nuclear weapons. He lied in order to strong arm Iran. WMD was only one of the reasons we went to war with Iraq. Saddam Also had defied 17 UN resolutions and had shot down our jets who were enforcing no fly zones in Iraq. Shooting at our military is not only an act of defiance, it is an act of war. Our current plan was to drop bombs on mostly innocent people which he Saddam successfully used to stir up anti American sentiment in his country. When you lie about having weapons that you threaten to use against our allies, when you defy the UN, when you break the terms of a treaty, when you fund and praise the success of terrorist acts against our nation, when you attack our soldiers, there have to be real consequences. We even offered to put Saddam into witness protection if he would step down peacefully. He chose war. We gave it to him. Now he's dead, and at least for the rest of President Bush's time in office, the world was better off for it.
This guy seems like a genuinely nice guy who cares about others. It's too bad that he was manipulated by others, which got him a reputation as a butcher and war criminal when that couldn't be further from the truth.
GWB will always be remembered for spearheading the two biggest disasters in American History. But... He isn't wrong when he says history will judge him kindly. I came of age in 2004, and we thought that he was the peak of fascism. But we were wrong. His work in Africa far out strips his crimes, but ... He is still responsible for the biggest two largest disasters in American history.
He once said "history will be my judge".
It didn't take long, sir! You saved MILLIONS of lives!
You really changed my mind with this.
Also, he dodged that shoe.
Thanks so much for this Simon, I am far from a Bush fan so it is greatly comforting to learn of the things he did from his heart.
We (Americans) have a very short and politically divided memory. Thank you for this video, could you make one like this for the other recent Presidents.
Kennith Dixon a Trump or Obama one would explode...
this makes Kanye west look like a loudmouth oaf, now, doesn't it?
+keltar2007 No, Kanye West makes Kanye West look like a loudmouth oaf
+Kj16V lol very true
+keltar2007 Not really difficult considering he was unable to just shut up (though Trump looks to be outdoing him when it comes to that this year), but all these facts here do further add to the stupidity of his outbursts.
if The Donald can be President anyone can
Nipun Sharma not Hillary! America denied her twice
Thank you for sharing this info. My family carries a torch for him. Like the Sudan tragedy, I don't think he would have stood by now and watched so many in the world continue to suffer so horribly.
I would love to have a sort of "series" of Top Tenz like this about, say, the last 10 US presidents: a list of ten good things, and a list of ten bad things, for each president. This is great for giving a balanced view of those men. :) Please do more of those!
Wow that was both informative and actually fairly neutral in its overall opinion the entire time. Thanks for the video TopTenz!
I'm definitely NOT a Bush supporter, but I can't fault Top Tenz for presenting the facts to support their position. It's a "like", but only for the channel doing its due diligence.
Bush may not have been a great president, but damn is he a good human being
midniteryder
he’s doing a lot, it’s the house that isn’t doing anything other than complaining. They aren’t even putting bills in to help fix what they are complaining about. Everyone in my office got a raise and now benefits from one of his changes.
Jake G Trump does look really corrupt, the economy may be “booming” but the rich seem to just be getting richer and middle class hasnt been seeing nearly as much benefits
@@nathangoucher9184The rich are always just getting richer and the middle class doesn't see as much benefits. The news and politicans only bring it up when they hate whoever the president is.
Jake G Trump promised he would be a president for ALL Americans, shame on us for trusting him all he cares about is that 1% 😤
@@nathangoucher9184 He is a president for all Americans, country is safer. Why do you think money is most important thing?
I truly appreciate you reporting some truth on a truly underrated president.
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This video really changed my opinion on this man.
TRUMP changed my opinion of BUSH .... Especially what's going on in Puerto Rico and Hurricane Maria
I want to see Top Tenz my opinion of TRUMP around in a few years. I should be careful what I ask for because if it took Trump to make me see Bush in a better light..... =O
John di Francisco Really? It took Hillary to make me take Trump seriously. He is the busiest President in history.
Grace Gonzales, That is just plain scary.
John Di Francisco nope, she's scary. we breathed a sigh of relief and popped a bottle of bubbly when she got voted down.
thank you for this video - I'm ashamed to say that I knew very little of this prior to watching.
+Grianan66 now you only know the pro bush arguments, go find some contra.
+jonathan helblig everyone knows the bad stuff. The point of this video was to talk about some of the good in the sea of bad. Whether you like Bush or not, no one is perfect, but bias views can make people think one person is perfect while the other is Satan incarnate even if that's not really the case. Saying that everything a person does all the time is/was evil, and intentionally so, is unfair and BS.
shame that with the amount of Bush shaming/jokes that his legitimate accomplisments get forgotten about.
Grianan66 basically 9/11 was planned.
Cj Hud not by our government
There’s the story of a French representative mocking a US military general for bringing aircraft carriers. The general explained that each ship could feed 5,000 people and had a fully functioning hospital and the soldiers prevented looting. Pretty awesome.
What about him golfing with wounded veterans, and what about the painting he did of those soldiers he golfed with( which he also wrote a book on called "portraits of courage". This is the main reason why I have so much respect for this president
Those are nice things, but are they really the main reason you respect President Bush?
wounded fighting a fake war?
Yet he still couldn't bother to get on the ground after Katrina and did everything any corporation asked him to
@@Свободадляроссии the president isn’t allowed to send federal troops into a state unless the governor agrees to allow him, dummy. Read the Constitution.
Trying to blame the “corporations” for things you don’t understand I sounds almost as ignorant, btw
@@ng2603 Still did nothing. All of NJ hates him because other presidents actually came and did something, he flew over it.
Either way you can't act like Bush wasn't sucking every corporation off which offered themselves to him.
Damn! This is an impressive list of accomplishments. Makes me rethink a lot of stuff about Bush. I still disagree with his politics but I have a much higher opinion of him as a human being
Even though I disagreed to with his politics I always felt that he was a decent human being.
Unfortunately today we have a political arena that focuses on division and hate instead of commonality.
Dubya, I disagreed with you on many policies, but I never doubted your love for America. I worked security at Ground Zero; you kept us safe. Thank you.
“I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office." George W. Bush
(Washington DC, 12 May, 2008)”
One of the best leaders the US had ever had
I'm shocked this isn't better known. There is a lot of hate for 'W' and while some may be deserved it is a crime all the good he achieved isn't more widely known.
Great vid and thanks for researching this!
Thanks for this. I always knew there was more to Bush than met the eye.
In this current presidential race, if George W Bush ran for office again, I'd vote for him no questions asked. I'd rather have old GWB back than have either of the two current candidates which leaves you to choose between fascism and anarchy.
I Ren you don't know what fascism actually is do you?
and somehow you do? I find that hard to believe. far left liberals are no better than far right conservatives.
Odin Bueno don't act like you're intellectually superior to conservatives. what's your definition of fascism? I want your own honest and 100 percent original definition of fascism. and also give me examples on how we are a fascist nation.
I Ren so you would vote for a president who faked 9/11
Cj Hud I hate Nazis the most. 9/11 Deniers and "Truthers" are a close second. Innocent Americans died that day. Do not utter that date in disrespect. Don't try me.
One thing that's missing from this list is his immediate response to 9/11. I'm not talking about the long-term policy decisions he made such as the wars, nation building, and patriot act. I'm talking about his leadership in the days and weeks after the attack. He kept a calm demeanor while reassuring a shocked and frightened nation. He went out of his way to assure Islam that this is a war against terrorism, not Islam.
This made my entire outlook on bush change. I must say I will forever hold against myself for judging him without knowing all of this.
Great video, Simon...
W Bush,Carter, Hayes and John Adams are super underrated
What's a word that's even stronger than "flabbergasted"? That's me right now.
thank you for this video. I´m always ready to change my mind about somebody
George Bush heard what YE said and was like, I'm a show you.
Thanks for this! I'm a conservative, and I didn't know any of this!
Wow, Great research. I learned a lot from this video.
Hi Simon, truly appreciated this video. Always had enormous respect and fondness for president Bush.
It’s like Nixon it blows people minds all the things he did.
This video could be called "George Bush does care about black people"
As a South Louisiana native, meaning that Katrina landed in my yard, I can honestly say that Bush didn't bungle Katrina. The Army Corp of Engineers, state and parish (county) governments did, and the residents themselves did. Our local and state governments believed that out levee systems were better than they actually were. The Army Corps of Engineers didn't make sure to check on the status of the levees properly, as they should every year before and after Hurricane season and after a hurricane. Citizens states behind for reasons such as not wanting to leave their stuff behind to get stolen, going to people's houses to steal stuff, looting stores, and "I'm gonna die in this house" thinking. There was ample time to leave the city and buses to help despite what some say. The ones taken to the Superdome were the ones who waited until the last minute. I do blame a lack of contraflow as well, but that wasn't needed at that scale before. It was new and bound to have issues.
As far as Bin Laden, the Bush's did business with his parents within the lucrative oil trade. On a deep level, Bush thought that might strain the business relationship. Plus, hell of an achievement for Obama, right?
From my understanding, everyone believed that Iraq had WMDs. I know I’m in the vast minority here but knowing what we did then I understand the invasion. And here come the hate comments
I agree with the Iraq war
Everyone believed it but there was evidence against it
@@sunsman4 same here, i truly believe its a mistake to leave now. The taliban are not freedom fighters, they are oppressors of women and the Afghan people
*"BuSh DoEsN't CaRe FoR BlAcK pOePlE!"* xD
*Puts knives away* good job TopTenz good job
Good job on an interesting (oh yes, and controversial) video topic.
I honestly believe GWB was by far the best president we have had in a long while
Christopher Hale yup
HE CREATED ISIS
Obama created Isis with leaving Iraq, screwing Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan and supporting the Arab Sping
@@commaboy1980 expect..Bush went into the Middle East. You can't start a fire in your house and blame the next guy who moves in.
@@commaboy1980 Obama left because of the SOFA, which was negotiated under Bush. The Iraqis demanded the US pull out.
Probably one of the nicest presidents in recent memory
I'd like to blame my youth at the time (I was 7 when GWB was first elected) and the media's love of scandal and slander, but I always thought of Bush as incompetent but charismatic. Maybe he was better than I thought.
That's true. :)
Simon Whistler, thank you for setting the record straight.😃
Well, I'll be damned. I just got some respect for Dub'ya.
"George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People" is a protest song by a Houston-based hip-hop duo called The Legendary K.O.[1][2] It was released[3] on September 6, 2005, just days after Hurricane Katrina. The song was made available free on the Internet.[1] The song was a single first made available from FWMJ's Rappers I Know website. It was released using the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license.[4] It has been described as "vividly topical",[5] and "one of the best political protest songs of all time".
this video has changed the way I look at the former President
Sweet vid, it's great that you took the time to do this.
I liked Bush.
Kyle Ball my favorite
Kyle Ball Same except remove the d in “liked” since I actually still favour him.
Good video TopTenz :) You should do more about other presidents/primisters.
Thats the thing with media, a lot of people forget all the genuinely great things Bush did, its like Obama, who has done some horrendously awful things, and yet everyone remembers him as a hero
I put both Bush and Obama on equal footing. Both did great things and both had their fuckups. Trump is a different story.
***** yes Trump has barely had opportunity to do everything, and everyone thinks he's evil
Bush also passed the "no child left behind" act which helps students in both public and college schools with learning disabilities(including those that mentally challenged) and sets up laws that schools have to abide by to ensure a special needs need student gets all the help that can be provided to help them get a proper education.
I totally agree that he's underrated and pooped on overly much by all kinds of media, but last time I said something like that on here, I was lambasted as badly as he was, so I'm just going to move along now.
Micah Philson o no, did words hurt you?!
This was great to learn about. Thank you!
This is awesome
Thank you for educating me on this subject. I had no idea, made me smile, great job.
man yall gonna stir some controversy calling Bush underrated lol
+TopTenz Actually Bush is also one of the worst american president in last 50 years (*cough* recession *cough*).
***** So only look benefits out of him, Sure I guess.
The American news medias polarization kept many of these things from becoming widely known. Those broadcasters on the right were not in any way interested in telling people about things GWB did that would be seen as "liberal". Those on the left certainly didn't want to paint him as anything but a corporate toady. As with all things, the truth always lies between the perceptions of idealogy.
This is so sad.
Where is his Nobel Prize?
I have often wondered the same thing. Obama got one for doing..... something I'm sure. Being a liberal I can only assume. Isn't that what they give them for?
Excellent point.
Beth Rittel you’re talking about a guy that went a war for oil
Hazaa Alawadhi Obama did the same thing.
He’s white. They don’t get those kind of awards, sorry try again.
George W Bush was not allowed to send government relief to the city of New Orleans until the mayor and governor asked for help, and they did not for numerous days.
Kosovo is a very sad story until bush stepped in
Kosovo is a very sad story_period.
WOW! I would not have known that George W Bush was that kind of human being
its a sad state of affairs in the us when we miss this guy.
I particularly don't like Bush and tend to forget the good things he has done. Great video.
He was a much better President than everyone gives him credit for. It's real unfortunate he's looked down upon. Things, like the Iraq war, that the government probably mentioned and agreed on and yet he still gets all the blame for. And the President has no control over the economy, the housing crisis and the recession that followed, wasn't his fault at all.
We miss you George. You will always be the first best President I've had in my lifetime. I was born in the mid '90s, so first as in earliest, but so far still number 1 in my book. May end up moving to 2, I have yet to see what President Trump will do, but still.
Thank you for serving our great nation, both in the military and as Commander in chief. We love you.
Make America Safe Again he faked 9/11
his biggest fault tbh is that he didn't like acknowledging when America was in danger. he was deeply humanitarian and felt so deeply for people that were hurting that he couldn't wrap his head around the possibility of his fellow Americans being in any way in trouble like those OTHER nations. so he would look the other way on our issues and when he looked the other way, less humanitarian members of his cabinet (read cheney) would make policy calls and he'd just sign or do whatever he was told. he was too much of a softie to be a president and the poor and minority citizens and residents of America suffered for it
Tower 7 on 911
How does one "stop" climate change? Climate change is, and always has been an ongoing phenomenon. The only question is how much people contribute to it.
Thank you for doing this video! I've NEVER heard of most of these things, although I'm not surprised.
Really you got 4 reasons why history will look down on W because of these reasons.1
1. Iraq War from the beginning and how it was handled.
2. Katrina his response to it.
3. The financial crisis of 2008
4. The Bush tax cuts, went from surplus to deficit in one year.
+redmustang03 Why don't you do an unbiased research on those 4 things. You'll see you are wrong. The Iraq war started in 1991 and we had a cease fire which means by law we was always at war even under Clinton with Iraq. 2 Katrina was NOT his fault. It was the governor's fault! she was a newly elected democrat who campaigned on "we don't ever need the help of the republican federal government president Bush" SO she didn't declare a state of emergency thinking she can handle the crisis on her own. BY LAW Bush couldn't do ANYTHING to help with Katrina. IT took Bush marching into her office yelling at her to give him the proper paperwork so he can help her" and then she finally did and federal aid came right away. How can you blame him for that??? The financial crisis of 08 was due to the mortgage housing bubble crashing. PLEASE look up how it started!! Bill Clinton signed a bill 'community re-investment act" look it up! That bill stripped banks of de-regulation AND forced them to give mortgage loans to people who couldn't afford it. If banks didn't give these loans they could now legally sue any bank which 1 got sued for it. Everyone and there mother was buying new homes and then they couldn't pay there bills so it all crashed. Bush tried to stop it 2 times before it happened BUT was blocked by democrats saying "Bush just doesn't want low income families to have a new home" How can you blame him for that??? The Bush tax cuts helped EVERY working man and woman get lower taxes. IF Obama took that away from us today ALL of America would feel its effects and be pissed off. WE NEVER HAD A SURPLUS!! Clinton right before Al Gore ran for office BORROWED money from other needed programs to put in this "surplus" program just so Americans will maybe vote Al Gore in. That is a fact. IF YOU WORK then those tax cuts you hate soooo much is putting more money in your pocket. how can you hate that?
redmustang03 How was the invasion of Iraq bad in any way?
Wow thanks for that video. I had no idea.
is our children learning?
is yuu teeching them?
***** well, if you feel that the school isn't doing its job you can always take it upon yourself to teach your own children. I do.
+Andrew Miller He's quoting Bush.
+ECA is you?
Is our adults learning (the things this video talks about)?
Kanye: "Bush doesn't care about black people."Bush: Everything in this video...
Number #11. He's not Donald Trump.
Poor Finian edgy
Poor Finian 12 he isn’t Obama
Or Hillary.
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Notice the things he did do weren't for this country but for other countries?
That’s because you pretty much can’t do anything for Americans unless you sub it to a business that is for profit. Remember the old stories of prisoners making license plates? Well they had to stop that because a guy sued the government saying they were undermining his for profit business. It’s the same with everything else now. Can’t do anything for free that a business can do for a profit. Sometimes capitalism really sucks
simon forgot to shave his eyebrows
Can we get the facts right on the Iraq war/Afghan War which should be #1. The Iraq war was MORE than justified. Here are the reasons for the Iraq War:
1. The US and Iraq had a CEASEFIRE agreement. The US and Saddam's Iraq had been technically and legally at war since 1991. Just like North and South Korea have a ceasefire and are still technically at war.
2. Saddam routinely violated the NO-FLY zone on an almost daily basis. These were military engagements and those alone would justify a war.
3. Saddam had a history of using WMDs. They did find Sarin gas by the way. That and Saddam had over a year to ship WMDs from Baathist Iraq to Baathist Syria. Where did Assad get his WMDs?
4. Saddam's Human Rights record. The US went into Bosnia and Somalia OVER LESS!
5. Saddam OPENLY supported, financed, and harbored the terrorist group Hamas. He was not related to Alqueda. But this is a war on terrorism and Hamas is a major terrorist organization.
6. Those who opposed the Iraq war only did so because Bush43 wanted to do it. Through out the 1990s people complained that Bush41 didn't finish the job and something should be done about Saddam's Iraq. Just watch the hollywood liberal diatribe "Three Kings" to refresh your memory. If Clinton or Gore wanted to liberate Iraq there would be little argument about the matter. But because Bush43 wanted to do it. Suddenly its the worst idea and thing that ever happened. TOTAL Hypocrisy and double standard.
7. Iraq was a problem waiting to happen. If you think Saddam was bad just you wait until his 2 sons Uday and Qusay were running Iraq. This was also a preemptive war. It was nipping future problems in the bud.
Ironically the Iraq War was more justified than the Afghan War. But because of political partisanship and biased media the Iraq War has been distorted. And how is Liberating Iraq and Afghanistan a bad thing? I ask. Anyone who opposed the Iraq war is a racist bigot because they believe Arabs don't deserve to live in a free democracy. Arab lives apparently don't matter to the left because Bush wants to liberate them.
+ShadesMP5 EXACTLY CORRECT, LOVE IT!!!
+ShadesMP5 I could one big reason why the war was bad for the world itself : Saddam was the only freaking man there in the Middle East who was keeping the powder keg from exploding. Anyone who lived there or nearby knew that very well. As an Indian, growing up right across the small sea in India we had news about him and his actions regularly but we also knew what kind of people the locals were and why he was needed. This is what the Americans never get always - get accurate information before bombing people to kingdom come and back.
Daniel Lewis The Iraq war had 2 phases: The Saddam Baathist phase and the insurgency. The war against Saddam and his regime was won in 2003. The Insurgency as a major military force was beaten in 2004 in Fallujah. The War was won in 2007 thanks to the Surge. What happened was there was no status of forces agreement. Which is what Iraq needed. Its standard operating procedure for secured US victory. Obama is to blame for ISIS in Iraq. NO question about that. ISIS would be limited to Syria if Obama had at least done the bare minimum.
Daniel Lewis Yes, and?............Your point is what?
This was a great comment.
Hope it educates some people.
You realize that Obama tried to constantly improve a lot but Congress fought him so he and his cabinet could barely get anything done. The president is not all-powerful he can't just make things happen. Bush isn't the worst president we've ever had but he wasn't great either all the things he did right can be appreciated.
Pep far George W Bush you are an African hero! 5 m lives saved! Huge Respect Sir!
Dubya was underrated in the same sense that a broken clock is right twice a day.
George is, was and always will be a great person and a not too bright and unlucky president..
He's not too dumb it was his thing to relate to people
The Kosovo thing wasn't that great...
yep
Ivan Ivanov better than anything Clinton or Obama did
It was always interesting for me to travel abroad and find people in countries in Latin America, Asia and even Europe that thought Bush WAs a kick ass president. *I* as an American was surprised about ALL THE MONEY the USA was giving to countries around the world. A SHOCK is that the USA has an "American Hospital" on every city where there is an embassy. This is there to give health checks to people asking for a visa, but it is a FULL hospital and carries the same regulations than any hospital in the USA. NO ONE WILL BE DENIED HEALTH CARE .
"Doctors without Borders " was a continued USA campaign . These were fully prepared jumbo jets ready to land on any country to give immediate help to any sudden medical emergency.
I found out about this in CUBA of all places, where I saw a 747 with an American flag on the tarmac . When I asked , it was a "Doctors without Borders" plane trying to contain an eye infection that had sprouted in Cuba and was leaving children blind. Coincidentally the Mayo clinic was studying this freakish virus and had a cure. I asked friends to let me know how long the plane was there... It was performing operations and vaccinations for 3 years. Now, WE can say ."well THAT is TAX money" What we (I didn't know) don't know, is that a nice chunk of money is set aside in the USA budget to provide medical assistant to 3rd world countries. This was NOT Bush's idea it was Reagan but Bush had been the only president to increase funds. Katrina is such a god damn rabbit hole of mishandled funds and Corporate cheats I find it unfair to blame Bush for it.
Iraq War. Enough said.
George W Bush's best moment was in the days after 9/11. When Ground Zero was still smouldering and New York City was still on its knees, he went to the Big Apple and made a spur of the moment speech with a megaphone, in which he said, "...and the one's who knocked these buildings down (the World Trade Center) will hear all of us soon,"
i new bush was a great guy I lovr Bush
Okay so the lesson I got from this was that George bush was one hell of a humanitarian
This really tought me a lot. But still he was a pretty bad president, but way better humanitarian.
Keep them coming!
What do you find bad about him?
Good job, this is a nice video
Any chance of a " why Obama is an extremely overrated president" ?
Bush might say that he was "misunderestimated". Lol!
Hmm was Bush the president of Africa?
The biggest difference between President Bush and President Obama President Bush didn't make speeches bragging about his accomplishments. President Obama always made it a point to brag about his so-called accomplishments and made the word "I" one if the most common words in his speeches.
Everything positive he might have done are so outweighed by the negative that this is a ridiculous topic. Kind of like saying Hitler did so many great things to improve Germany.
+Frank08046 Germany did do a lot of great things for Germany. You must be a dumb American.
fluidacid Do pray, tell me how I am dumb? After your little ignorant comment I think youare looking a lot dumber than I'll ever be.
fluidacid Why don't you blow me away with your great knowldge,genius?
fluidacid I'm willing to bet your'e some third world piece of garbage trolling on youtube. Also, this is your first computer for being the first in your family to graduate from high school. Two can play at the assumption game, dumbass.
+fluidacid Oh it's a keyboard cowboy talking tough on the internet. So what you are back at work and can use the computer. If you're so intelligent you have yet to prove it by any of your ignorant comments. As for my education it is obvious you're lacking in that department. So go clean a swamp or build a well for your village. Do something useful you're only looking stupid on here.
Wow! So he helped everyone but America? What a guy... I thank my lucky stars for that man, without him it wouldn't take 4 hours to get on a plane and we wouldn't have people monitoring this conversation
thank the lord for the patriot act
This is far too controversial for this channel. I understand everyone has their own opinions but I wouldn't advise you guys getting political.
+TopTenz You're completely right that censorship is bad. In my opinion however (which you are perfectly entitled to ignore and disagree with) that a youtube channel - like many other forms of media- that isn't supposed to be political, should not ever get political. I believe you should remain professional and stick to topics that will not create large divisions of opinion in your fans. Doing otherwise would be unfair to them.
+Leroy Dickson Fair enough. I still hold my opinion on professionalism but you make a good point about how even fact can spark debate
What's divisive about this? They made a great video. I don't agree with everything they've said, but they presented it well and your opinion, which you are certainly entitled too, is completely absurd. It's not even really political, it's historical.
I don't think you know anything about how youtube works. Your recommendation for the title would not have lead to this video getting over 115k views. Sometimes you have to risk controversy in order to spark interest.
The CNpaddington this isn’t political, maybe you completely missed the fact this video is all about facts
W got Jungle Fever! Now all that candy that gives Michelle makes SO much sense.
I think lying the country into a war is a mortal sin.
But that's just me.
Remember, cheni is a big reason for it, and Britain is just as guilty
+Frank McEvoy His cabinet/subordinates/VP was responsible for that. He was too gullible/naive and thus was used as patsy.
Did he do that? Or did jet fuel melt steel beams?
You do remember all the times during the 90's that the Iraqi president claimed to have Weapons of Mass Destruction? and all the threats he made to the U.S. regarding the use of them don't you? And I hope you remember all the NATO envoys who were sent into Iraq to determine Sadaam's claims. During the 90's the Iraqi's caused nothing but trouble for the whole world, and Sadaam Hussein just sat back and used the , "I have WMD's" threat to frighten the world. Bush did not start the war, but he sure as heck tried to finish it. As a Democrat myself, I did disagree with him on many issues. However, I do know he could not have done anything without Congress's approval. George W. Bush became president during one of the most terrible times in history and cannot be blamed for 9-11. He had not been in office for very long when the attack occurred, and like most Americans he was blind-sided by the event, as for Hurricane Katrina that was FEMA's fault not Bush's. So many people think they would have done a better job under such terrible circumstances. Well, then run for president. Maybe you'll do better.
What lies did he tell? I'm just curious. 20 intelligence agencies around the world said that Saddam had a nuclear weapons program. Since Saddam kicked out the UN inspectors, we had no way to know for sure. Saddam Hussein lied to his own administration. He admitted this when he was interrogated. They would have assassinated him if they knew he didn't have nuclear weapons. He lied in order to strong arm Iran. WMD was only one of the reasons we went to war with Iraq. Saddam Also had defied 17 UN resolutions and had shot down our jets who were enforcing no fly zones in Iraq. Shooting at our military is not only an act of defiance, it is an act of war. Our current plan was to drop bombs on mostly innocent people which he Saddam successfully used to stir up anti American sentiment in his country. When you lie about having weapons that you threaten to use against our allies, when you defy the UN, when you break the terms of a treaty, when you fund and praise the success of terrorist acts against our nation, when you attack our soldiers, there have to be real consequences. We even offered to put Saddam into witness protection if he would step down peacefully. He chose war. We gave it to him. Now he's dead, and at least for the rest of President Bush's time in office, the world was better off for it.
This guy seems like a genuinely nice guy who cares about others. It's too bad that he was manipulated by others, which got him a reputation as a butcher and war criminal when that couldn't be further from the truth.
Very under-rated. I could have a beer with this bloke.
You forgot his mad dancing skills.
GWB will always be remembered for spearheading the two biggest disasters in American History.
But... He isn't wrong when he says history will judge him kindly. I came of age in 2004, and we thought that he was the peak of fascism. But we were wrong. His work in Africa far out strips his crimes, but ...
He is still responsible for the biggest two largest disasters in American history.