But there are still plenty of pretty terrible things that Bush did. He did do some things well, I concur, such as the initial surges in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I don't think the success stayed as they progressed, however. Also, his No Child Left Behind system is, in my humble opinion, a horrid thing done unto education in this country. It's one of my major contentions with Obama that not much has been done since to fix, rectify, or get rid of it to this point. The switch to Common Core will be interesting. I like the concept, but we'll see how it works in practice.