Sins from the Father

The First Persian Gulf War was from August 2, 1990-February 28, 1991 by 41^st President of the United States George Herbert Walker Bush Senior I. The Second Persian Gulf War was fought from March 20, 2003-December 15, 2011 by 43^rd President of the United States George Walker Bush Junior II.

George Herbert Walker Bush Senior I was the 41^st President of the United State from January 20, 1989-January 20, 1993. George Walker Bush Junior II was the 43^rd President of the United States from January 20, 2001-January 20, 2009.

During the First Gulf War, Colin Powell was the 12 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. At the beginning of the Second Gulf War, Powell was the 65^th United States Secretary of State.

During the First Gulf War, Richard Cheney was the 17^th United States Secretary of Defense. At the beginning of the Second Gulf War, Cheney was the 46^th Vice President of the United States.

During the First Gulf War, Andrew Card was White House Deputy Chief of Staff to President George Herbert Walker Bush. At the beginning of the Second Gulf War, Card was the 21^st White House Chief of Staff to President George Walker Bush.

During the First Gulf War, Robert Zoellick was Counselor of the Department of State of the United States. During the Second Gulf War from February 22, 2005-July 7, 2006, Zoellick was Deputy Secretary of State of the United States.

During the First Gulf War, Paul Wolfowitz was Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. At the Beginning of the Second Gulf War, Wolfowitz was the 25^th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense.

During the First Gulf War, John Negroponte was United States Ambassador to Mexico. At the Beginning of the Second Gulf War, Negroponte was the 23^rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

During the First Gulf War, Robert Gates was Deputy National Security Advisor. During the Second Gulf War from December 18, 2006-July 1, 2011, Gates was the 22^nd United States Secretary of Defense.

During the First Gulf War, Stephen Hadley was the 3^rd Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs. At the beginning of the Second Gulf War, Hadley was the 19^th Deputy National Security Advisor.

During the First Gulf War, John Bolton was the 18^th Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. At the beginning of the Second Gulf War, Bolton was the 3^rd Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.

During the Administration of George Herbert Walker Bush, Anthony Principi was Acting United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. During the beginning of the Second Gulf War, Principi was the 4^th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

In the Administration of George Herbert Walker Bush in 1993 and the beginning of the Administration of George Walker Bush in 2001, Louis Freeh was the 5^th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

During the Administration of George Herbert Walker Bush, Sean O’Keefe was United States Secretary of the Navy. During the beginning of the Second Gulf war, O’Keefe was Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

During the Administrator of George Herbert Walker Bush, John McConnell was the 13^th Director of the National Security Agency. During the Second Gulf War from February 20, 2007-January 27, 2009, McConnell was the 2^nd Director of National Intelligence.

The fact that, as NBC News national investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff wrote in his 2006 book “Hubris”, so many in the second George Walker Bush Administration had 5^th President of Iraq Saddam Hussein on their “personal enemies lists” cannot be discounted as being among the reasons why George Walker Bush invaded Iraq.

It is difficult to imagine that 44^th President of the United States Barack Obama, had he been President in 2003, would have invaded Iraq without having so many veterans of the First Gulf War in his administration as Bush did.

President Obama’s restraint in this area is illustrated by the fact that, in spite of having a number of former veterans of the administration of 42^nd President of the United States William Clinton serving in his administration, Obama has thus far at least managed to abstain from invading any of the few countries that the Clinton Administration went to war in during his Presidency. George W. Bush, on the other hand, Isikoff writes in “Hubris”, from the beginning of his Presidency made it a goal of his administration to follow up on his father’s invasion of Iraq by overthrowing Saddam Hussein.

~ by Judgian12365 on August 25, 2014.