Bush's most criticized action is obviously the war in Iraq. This war is causing some large financial problems in the administration. It's part of the reason that Bush has created the highest defecit in national history. The conservatives would have you believe it was the whole reason, as they feel justified spending that much cash on a "war for freedom." Everything I've read says that there would still be a defecit (much smaller, but there none the less) even without the war, which is pretty amazing considering the fact the a year before Mr. Bush entered office the US had the largest surplus in its history.
This financial situation has brought up some interesting new problems. First of all it appears that the White House has refused to fund a final (and already planned trip) to service the Hubble Space Telescope one more time. This seems to me to contradict Bush's earlier pro-space exploration stance. I thought, how dare he actually fall back on one of the few things I actually agreed with him on. Then I remembered the financial situation. In fact, I was reminded of it by another BBC article. Bush's largely unsuccesful war on terror has backed him into a position where he can no longer stay consistant on his earlier political stances. So he is forced into continuing a war that he is now stuck in. He, nor his administration can admit they've done wrong without hurting the entire far right and the military can't back out because they would leave Iraq in worse condition then when they came. So he is isntead forced to abandon the scientific innovation he publically supported earlier.
-Brandon
