The Bush administration accomplished more with their shock therapy than any other administration within the countries history.
They essentially formally legalized forever war, over anything that can remotely be described as "terrorism". Truthfully most of the new toys created by the Bush administration didn't really get to show their new muscle until the Obama years where he only escalated things.
One thing to remember is that the deep state is more powerful than the Congress. They have lobbying capabilities that functionally just run our government with congress mostly just being an oversight entity.
The Bush administration accomplished more with their shock therapy than any other administration within the countries history.
They essentially formally legalized forever war, over anything that can remotely be described as "terrorism". Truthfully most of the new toys created by the Bush administration didn't really get to show their new muscle until the Obama years where he only escalated things.
One thing to remember is that the deep state is more powerful than the Congress. They have lobbying capabilities that functionally just run our government with congress mostly just being an oversight entity.