http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/jun/19/bush_should_retire_baghdad/Bush should retire to Baghdad
By Bill Ferguson - Knight Ridder Newspapers
Every great career eventually comes to an end, and when you’re the president of these United States, you only get eight years (at most) to accomplish everything you set out to do. Then you’re an ex-president for the rest of your life.
I’ll bet that ex-presidents, like most retired people, find it to be something of a shock to have all that time on their hands when they leave the working world.
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The next president should appoint George W. Bush to be a special envoy to Iraq and charge him with the responsibility to oversee all American interests there, advise the new Iraqi government, and maintain the morale of American troops who are carrying out the war effort.
The position should be a permanent one, and he would not leave until the “hard work” of helping Iraq to establish a working democratic government has been accomplished. Or until he leaves this mortal coil. Whichever comes first.
But I do not believe Bush should go to Iraq alone. He needs some trusted advisers by his side at all times, and the first two names that immediately spring to mind are Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld. These men have been instrumental in the planning and execution of the Iraq campaign from the beginning, and I can only imagine how much more effective their work could be if they were onsite 24/7 right where the action is, getting their hands dirty in the cause of spreading freedom to that dark corner of the world.