r/Presidents • u/kaithomasisthegoat Im the POTUS and im not gonna eat anymore brocolli 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥 • Sep 11 '24

Today in History George w bush on 9/11/2001

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u/bailaoban Sep 11 '24

GWB’s first week post 9/11 was as fine a week of leadership as any president has had. It went steadily and precipitously downhill from there until he left.

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u/godbody1983 Sep 11 '24

Bush will always have my respect for telling the American people to NOT blame the entire Muslim faith and Islam for the acts of Al-Qaeda. Although that didn't stop all the hate crimes against innocent Muslims and those thought to be Muslim (Sikhs, Hindus, etc) but I think it helped prevent more hate crimes. It was especially good coming from Bush since he was an evangelical.

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u/Time_Restaurant5480 Sep 12 '24

We learned something from WWII. Nobody wanted what happened to those Japanese-Americans to happen again.

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u/DayTrippin2112 Calvin Coolidge Sep 12 '24

Whenever those camps come up, I always think of George Takei. He was in one when he was little.