John Greene Analysis

It is difficult to decide whether the presidency of America’s 38th President, Gerald Ford was a success or a failure. In his short time in office, Ford managed to leave a mixed legacy of controversy and satisfaction. Many of the decisions made during Gerald Ford’s presidency are questioned as to whether they were positive or negative for the country. Some of the most disputable issues from the Ford presidency have been debated and have drastically changed public opinion. Ford’s presidency was a temporary failure but can be considered successful in the long-term.

In conclusion, President George Bush’s letter shows how united the world is against Iraq’s aggression. Twenty-eight countries would give military aid and one hundred governments would agree with the United States position. Iraq has no allies in their takeover of Kuwait. Bush’s threats of military action challenge Saddam Hussein’s arrogance and sense of infallibility. Warnings of the destruction of Iraq’s military and loss of life would be on the hands of Hussein himself. The United States would not be responsible for Iraq’s losses. Again, the primary audience for this letter is Hussein himself, because in a dictatorship such as Iraq, the people themselves are deprived of such information. Brute

Although he was a generally controversial president, Ronald Reagan’s policy decisions to stimulate economic prosperity, known as Reaganomics, were legitimately beneficial to the United States of America. First, in order to substantiate the success of Reagan’s economic policy decisions one must first grasp the varying levels of importance for each aspect of his plan. As Reagan’s policies were substantial decisions that defined his presidency and alienated an entire population of more economically liberal people, it makes sense that an understanding of his emphasis on certain decisions would lead to a more persuasive argument. Next, the negation of well formed and logical criticisms of Reagan’s economic policies also lend to the support of their benefits and success. Acknowledging a sensible counterargument and addressing specific points of critical analysis serves to further enhance the argument for the success of Reagan’s decisions. Furthermore, strong economic growth and the curbing of federal domestic power reinforce the accomplishments of Reaganomics. Though the U.S. did see economic growth, Reaganomics was not purely an economic plan, as cuts in government power, not including the military, benefitted the average American citizen. Moreover, Ronald Reagan’s economic decisions regarding Soviet foreign policy were also extremely beneficial to the United States. The tough decisions to further the national deficit proved a worthy sacrifice in pressuring the collapse

Politics in the U.S. during the 1980’s were exciting. Much like everything else during this decade, politics were changing and making a new way for economic development and social construct. Policy in the 1980’s were both huge on foreign policy, and domestic development. The cold war, being the main concern with foreign policy, consisted of Communism versus Democracy, or Socialism versus Capitalism. President Reagan being the face of America and our Commander and Chief, created “Reaganomics,” which fought for small Government, and utilized Government spending in a way that would effectively establish National Security as well as make a name for himself as being known as one of the most popular presidents in United State’s history. Though these issues took place some thirty years ago, it is safe to say that the tribulations we faced as a nation in the eighties have directly affected society in 2015.

The election of 1980 marked a ‘new political era’ that was ushered in by President Reagan and that followed on through the presidencies of George H. W. Bush and William Jefferson Clinton. These presidents were inaugurated at different times and succeeded the successes and the failures of their predecessors. Having came from different political backgrounds and having unique political and social beliefs, Bush, Reagan, and Clinton can only be analyzed through their foreign policies, domestic policies, achievements as well as shortcomings, and legacies.

The presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson had many high reaching domestic reforms that had positive outcomes for Americans. For example, the first of which was his request of Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights bill in as a memorial in the year of 1964 (Schultz 2014). But for Johnson, the intention was to improve the lives of the poor, elderly and uneducated citizens of our country. Another area where the president wanted to fire up interest was in reforming policies for improved civil rights laws and to rewrite the immigration laws.

Prior to 1980, the Democrats had dominated the Republicans for several decades. (Meyer, 2005). However, on December 1, 1980, Reagan garnered 91 percent of the electoral votes becoming the first Republican presidential candidate to defeat a Democrat since 1888 when Benjamin Harrison won the presidential elections. Prior to this period, the democrats had controlled both the House of Representative and the Senate. According to Troy (2012), Ronald Reagan has remained the most influential U.S. president since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Even after Reagan’s retirement from the presidency of the US, his revolution, restoration, and rediscovery continued to shape the US. Under Reagan’s presidency and his revolution, US has emerged as the world’s only superpower and started enjoying a capitalist resurgence at home and abroad. The Reagan revolution has had long-term outcomes on social, political, and economic landscape.

Although the United States has been regarded as having dominant world power amongst other nations, the truth lies far from its holdings. During the George W. Bush administration (2001-09), the United States went through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, declared war on Afghanistan and Iraq causing poor standing with other nations, and was left with a $1.2 trillion-dollar deficit. With the election of a new President, President Obama, came new opportunities. During his campaign, President Obama focused on the needs of the American people rather than the needs of those of special interest. The former State Senator, Barack Obama, and Vice

The United States since its adoption of the Constitution in 1787 has accumulated total amount forty-five presidents over two-hundred and thirty years. These forty-five presidents as history and the United States continues, will be the subject of analysts throughout history, who will try to rank them from the best to the worst. The book written by James Taranto and Leonard Leo, ‘Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House’ is one of these analytical books shoving the presidents into a ranking by using a survey of professors of history, law and political science to rate them. This book by Leo and Taranto focus on a handful of prime objectives for the readers to overserve while reading the book. The first is to

Bush presidency. For starters the Americans with Disability act not only provides protection for the disabled in different sectors of their lives such as jobs, transportation and even public life but it guaranteed equal opportunities for individual regardless of your race, sex, religion and more. Another huge legislative accomplishment was the passage of the Clean Air Act making it one of the initial influential laws on protecting our environment and specifically taking responsibility as a nation for our waste and pollution. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act which served as a sense of accountability and ultimately aid to those exposed to ration caused by nuclear test was also passed during his Presidency along with the Immigration Act that led to a 40 percent increase in legal immigration. He even fought Congress to provide a bill that would help cops apprehend delinquents and a law that would improve the highways in the United States. On top of those major amendments Bush pushed for an increase in several budgets such as education, childcare and the advancement of technology and research in the field. (Sinclair 2002)

During the nation’s time of grief, Johnson’s civil rights bill passed—a bill quite similar to that of Kennedy, but more powerful; this act outlawed all public racial discrimination, such as within jobs, schools, and the general community. Also passed in 1964 was Johnson’s Economic Opportunity Act. Johnson intended to “give almost half a million underprivileged young Americans the opportunity to develop skills, continue education, and find useful work” in addition to the opportunity to “carry out their plans” and “break through particular barriers which bar their escape from poverty” (Document B). Johnson clearly paid substantial attention to the needs of US citizens, as seen through his consideration for poverty. He focused on providing for and protecting vulnerable and impoverished groups of people and was wary of the country’s health care and its “mounting costs” (Document

The policy areas that are asked in question number two encompasses the economy, foreign affairs, and terrorism. The results under the economy category indicate a slightly higher percentage of the Republican administration, Reagan through Obama, handling a better economy (35.1%), compared to the Democratic administration (19.5%) (12-13). However, figure 5 and table 7 justify that the Republican administration has a higher advantage under the foreign affairs category compared to the Democratic administration (14). The Republican party dominates favoritism under the terrorism category because 9/11 happened during G. W. Bush’s administration. The Republican administration’s approval on this subject “never dropped below 77%” (15). Although Obama continued with the terroristic threats, he received a 57% approval rating for his first term and 53% for his second (16).

Within days of Iraqi forces invading Kuwait in 1990, President Bush publicly backed the United Nations’ (UN) stance on the incursion with four national strategic objectives and determined that, ‘if invited, US forces would be deployed to deter further Iraqi attacks, defend Saudi Arabia and enforce UN resolutions.’ From the national strategic objectives, the military end-state is deduced. The military end-state is a conceptual element of operational design which describes the conditions that forces must achieve to attain strategic objectives/ hand over main effort responsibilities. The military end-state does not necessarily indicate the end of a military activities to attain national objectives. While one specific national objective would not

In 2003, President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell launched an invasion of the nation of Iraq. United States Secretary of State Colin Powell outlined the reasons Iraq posed a threat to international security in a speech he gave at the United Nations. Iraq’s nuclear weapons program concerned the Bush administration. Fearing Iraq might use this program to act aggressively in the region, and wanting to secure oil supplies and a friendly regime, the administration pursued a plan of action to remove Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from power (FLS 2016, 43). A constant secure supply of oil stood as a cornerstone of the military-industrial complex thriving in the United States and a friendly regime in such an oil rich country remained an important objective of President Bush. This directly conflicted with the desire of President Saddam Hussein of Iraq to remain in power.

The Bush Doctrine vastly expanded what the United States deems a “vital interest”—dragging preëmptive action, unilateralism, and anti-terrorism under its umbrella. Democratizing nations plays a critical role in the strategy as well. A spirit of liberalism flows through the Doctrine, as it attempts to depose tyrannical dictators to ease relations between nations and foster democracy. It