War heroes do not neccesarily make the best leaders in more* peaceful times. The last big war was the Gulf War and that lasted all of 2 weeks. Bush Sr was president and Powell was his General. That was Bush's time to shine, after that it was more of a shoulder shrug across the nation when he did something. (Bush Sr was a WWII war vet, he flew a TBM in the South Pacific and was shot down. The mission he was shot down on was also in Aces Of The Pacific)
I'm not saying Bush Jr. is going to be great, but I'm certainly saying he's not going to be a bad president. So far he's done pretty well, especially in that whole Chinese fighter/U.S. Spyplane collision ordeal.
No nuclear holocaust occured, we got our people back unharmed, China got an indirect apology so they could save face and here we are months later still communicating over a somewhat peaceful World Wide Web.
All in all, so far he's done a pretty damn good job.
-SW
* by peaceful I mean no large conflicts, WW1, WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War, Iran-Contra, Balkans, etc.
[ 07-12-2001: Message edited by: SWulfe ]