The Impact Of President George H.W. Bush's Foreign Policy | Morning Joe | MSNBC

Dan Drezner explains the appeal of former President H.W. Bush to Democrats and why he called Bush 41 the 'greatest president of my lifetime.' Peggy Noonan also discusses Bush's relationship with Reagan.

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The Impact Of President George H.W. Bush's Foreign Policy | Morning Joe | MSNBC

[ginawylie]

A great big congratulations you two,
I'm glad your back, we missed you.
On Mr Bush
I was not a fan.
But I do believe he was a good man.

[jasonfaulkner]

I feel bad studying great people like George HW Bush after they die. I wish I learned, appreciated and spoke of their good intentions for America(ns) more while they lived. He was the last President from the Greatest Generation, and a good man. Makes me want to learn more about Jimmy Carter before he passes - perhaps the greatest Humanitarian President ever.

[justamusta]

I'm sure I disagree with her politics, but Peggy Noonan is a class act.

[REDWT]

If Ross Perot had not ruined Bush’s reelection campaign, we likely would’ve never had the Clinton’s, never had populist failures since then.
I miss foreign policy Presidents.

[maxheadrom]

Bush Senior's Foreign Policy legacy is enormous - unfortunately, his son would pedal back to Polk's time with his doctrine.

[markalexander-warne]

For the former head of the CIA, George HW Bush was no foreign policy genius. He gave Saddam Hussein the green light on invading Kuwait in the first place and then tried to blame it on April Gillespie, the ambassador to Iraq . He and Reagan were so obsessed with the Soviet Union that they trained way too many Russian linguists at the expense of Arabic linguists. We didn't have enough for the first Gulf war and satellite military schools had to be set up hastily to train enough for the mission. How do I know this? I spent the summer of 1991 in Kuwait as an Arabic linguist in the army.

[helzapoppin]

Ugh, I get really tired of how less than deserving people get idolized and whitewashed just because they're dead.

[marsti]

Noonan's book, What I Saw At The Revolution, was really good.

[wanderernotlost]

Thank you for doing this piece - bringing light to values we so very need back in leadership. In contrast, Miller, who is the architect of many of the immigration policies, ran for HS student body president on the platform that he shouldn't have to pick up his trash because they have janitors to do that. Very telling of the qualities of that man who also has WWll concentration camp survivors in his family and you think should know better.

[maxheadrom]

2:44 may the battle of the haircuts start!

[tashabarrett]

Yeah but He'll never be Linebacker for the Chicago Bears

[myessyallyahamericus]

it will always be my creation but its many who will build it. because my country needs to be a place worth respecting again. for two years now its been the worst period since the great depression when they threw all the stock brokers off of the buildings

[SethKamins]

I have watched your show diligently and agreed with most everything you have said over the past 2 horrifying years. However, "Servant leadership, " and the Bible and Jesus while talking about President Reagan because he cleaned up some water from the floor when he spilled it? C'mon Joe.

[AcmePotatoPackingPocatello]

What a crock.
Steering a legacy...talk about free trade. Increased Military spending. Genesis of libertarianism.

[Alexandurs]

Mica please stop mumbling and grunting while other people are talking.

[studiosandi]

To bad the Bushes have been so hazardous to the environment.

[ChaceWayne]

This is an awful discussion. They need Eugene on set to remind them of Reagan and Bush's racism--see William "Willie" Horton--Lee Atwater--the CIA"s drug war/Iran Contra and the War on Drugs, the opposition to Civil Rights, Los Angeles 1992. Only a panel full of white conservatives and liberals could have such a combaya discussion on such a record. Trump is the afterbirth of their Reagan Revolution--MAGx was first his.

[Sloimer]

Can we please stop gushing over presidents for having basic common courtesy?

[mfarrell]

Mass murderers shouldn't be celebrated.