US Presidents tend to influence every country in the world. Among them there are personalities special for the post-Soviet space. Do you know the name Bush Sr.? That was the name of the leader of the democratic world, who played a major role in the collapse of the great power - the USSR.
He made himself
George W. Bush was born in 1924 in Milton, Massachusetts. His family was not poor. His father was a banker and a senator. The mother took care of the children, as was customary then. When George was seventeen years old, he joined the army under the impression of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He served until 1943. Returning home, he married and went into the oil business. With the support of his relatives, his career went uphill. Bush Sr., by the age of forty, became a very influential person and a millionaire. By this time, he began to set himself more serious goals. To achieve them, it was necessary to acquire political influence. He ran for Senators and won in 1966.
Internal political views
The older generation knows this man as an enemy. After all, he did not hide his intention to ruintheir country. But Bush Sr. was also actively involved in US domestic politics. Despite the unpopularity of the ideas put forward, he successfully promoted his initiatives. For example, the abolition of compulsory conscription for military service. He also advocated open voting, which turned some voters away from George W. Bush. But he believed that integrity should not be sacrificed for the sake of political ambitions. For which, by the way, he paid the price in 1970. He again ran for the Senate and lost. This was not the end of his political career. Only the sphere of application of forces has changed a little. He was appointed US representative to the UN. In 1976, George W. Bush was appointed director of the CIA. He worked in this position for less than a year. And he resigned from the public service, because he did not want to have a relationship "to this booth." This is how Bush Sr. described the policy of the then President Carter, who listened to the ideas of the Russophobe Brzezinski.
President Bush Senior
He took the highest post in the state in 1988. Bush became the 41st president of the country. His foreign policy views have always been aggressive. He also supported President Nixon's Vietnam campaign. At the helm, he initiated a military intervention in Panama, sent a fleet and gave permission for bombing in the Persian Gulf. But he considered the reunification of Germany and the collapse of the USSR to be his most important achievement. For the inhabitants of these countries, he became both a benefactor and a devil rolled into one. Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall began to develop, moved towards prosperity. Another thing happened with the republics, previously united into one state. The peoples of the newly created countries had to go through severe trials, poverty, losses, wars. And not everyone survived this “experiment”. But the most surprising thing is that George W. Bush himself regretted what he had done. And frankly told the world about it.
Bush Senior Interview
In 1992, George was not elected to a new presidential term. And he gave his famous interview, in which he spoke about the mistakes, calling them fatal for his country. In particular, Bush called the collapse of the USSR his main defeat. This is a real foreign policy disaster for the United States, he assured. After all, Russia, having lost its “weights on its feet” (fraternal republics), will become much stronger. She will definitely pass all the tests and become a very powerful power. Besides, Bush said, the Russians will never forget who is responsible for their troubles. The former president surprised all of America by saying that he wanted to be friends with Russia. He provided assistance to this state from his own funds, sent food. He saw Russia as powerful, stronger than the former Soviet Union.
And in that memorable interview, Bush Sr. criticized Brzezinski's idea that without Ukraine, the Russians would not build an empire. His approach was purely economic. He pointed out that in the twenty-first century there was no longer any need to feed a large army. It should be made professional and mobile. And this is within the power of that Russia, which he himself freed from the “weights”. These ideas in 1992, when the post-Soviet space was a ruin, seemed to manystrange. Another thing is 2015. A volley of cruise missiles from the Caspian Basin demonstrated the revival of Russian weapons. It was the day when Russia again took its rightful place in the international arena. Mr. Bush turned out to be a perspicacious and wise politician. And interestingly, a fair person. After all, he had the strength to admit defeat at a time when everyone else was celebrating victory!
