- Obama has done in 2 years what Bush failed to do in 8. He has skillfully reset relations with the broader Muslim world while ruthlessly wiping out swathes of Jihadist planners, operatives and foot-soldiers in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He has thereby strengthened us immeasurably... http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/09/the-un-bush.html 12 comments politics