The President ignored the advice of the Army CoS as to the number of troops required in Iraq. The CoS was correct and Bush was wrong!
The Secretary of the Treasury, Paul O'Neill stated that Bush did not even read the memo's sent to him by his most senior staff.
Secretary of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Chairman told Bush his tax cuts should be tied to an available surplus to pay for them. They told Bush he should NOT RETURN TO ANNUAL DEFICITS and increase the National Debt. Bush said NO!
Bush 41 warned about the risk of going into Iraq - Bush 43 ignored his fathers advice and created the very disaster Bush 41 said would happen.
George W. in the 2000 campaign acknowledged the Army was too small (before the added requirement of the Iraq War) by two Army divisions. During the past 3 3/4 years since he took office he has done NOTHING to fix this problem. He added to the burden and made the problem much worse!
It was George W. who said he would VETO the bill to finance the $ 87 Billion dollars for the Iraq War because it was to be paid for by DELAYING SOME OF THE TAX CUTS.
That was the bill Senator Kerry VOTED FOR. When the Republicans killed that bill, they offered a second bill that would pay for the $87 Billion by increasing the National Debt. What is another $ 87 Billion when you already have over $ 7 Trillion of debt! This is the bill Senator Kerry VOTED AGINST not because he did not support our troops but because George W. and his conservative cohorts insisted of putting the $ 87 Billion on the TAB. This is one of a long list of issues where the Bush attitude of, "My way or the Highway" comes through.