Obama owes Bush thanks

Wed., Oct. 14, 2009

The Spokesman-Review

My congratulations to President Barack Obama on his surprising award of the Nobel Peace Prize. It seems based more on intent and attitude than accomplishment as yet.

Once again, I think the president owes a debt of gratitude to George W. Bush. If the previous administration had not been the most disastrous in American history, chances are Obama wouldn’t have become the nation’s first African-American president. And if the Bush-Cheney foreign policy had not been the greatest threat to world peace on the planet, Obama may not have received this award. I’m sure he benefited greatly by comparison.

J.P. O’Shaughnessy

Spokane

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