By the time President Bush was finishing his second term, Iraqi and American officials had agreed on a withdrawal date to end the war. The last American forces would leave Iraq by the end of twenty-eleven.
Russell Riley at the University of Virginia says it is too soon to know how history will judge the United States' actions in Iraq.
RUSSELL RILEY: "If Iraq proves to be a policy success, then the surge will be a critical turning point and a terrific exercise of presidential leadership."
He also points out that the war is not the only measure by which the forty-third president will be judged.
Professor Riley put it this way: "The great debate among historians will not be whether Bush was a powerful president or consequential president, but whether he directed those powers in the most fruitful way that he could have."
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So, what else was going on in the United States during this period? Millions of people were voting for which singer should get a recording contract on "American Idol." Year after year it was the most popular show on television.
SIMON COWELL: “Oh, Robert, I think you just killed my favorite song of all time.”
ROBERT: “Killed in a good way or a bad way?”
SIMON: “Killing is never good. There’s never a happy killing.”
ROBERT: “I’m sorry to hear that.”
SIMON: “No, that was first degree on that one.”
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