US President George HW Bush

Presidents of the United States, as a rule, affect all countries of the world. Among them there are individuals special for the post-Soviet space. Do you know the name Bush senior? This was the name of the leader of the democratic world, who played the main role in the disintegration of the great power - the USSR.

He made himself

George Bush Sr. was born in 1924 in Milton, Massachusetts. His family was not poor. My father was a banker and a senator. Mother was engaged in children, as was then accepted. When George turned seventeen, he went into the army under the impression of an attack on Pearl Harbor. He served until 1943. Returning home, he married and took up the oil business. His career, with the support of his relatives, went uphill. Bush-eldest by the age of forty became a very influential man 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 destroy their 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 military service. He also advocated an open vote, which turned a part of the electorate away from George W. Bush. But he believed that the principle can not be compromised in favor of political ambitions. For that, by the way, paid in 1970. He again ran for the senate and lost. This is the end of his political career. Only the sphere of application of forces has changed a little. He was appointed representative of the United States at the UN. In 1976, George Bush Sr. was appointed director of the CIA. In this position he worked for less than a year. And retired from the civil service, because he did not want to have a relationship "to this booth." Thus, Bush Sr. described the policies of then-President Carter, who listened to the ideas of Russophobe Brzezinski.

President Bush Sr.

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 supported the Vietnam campaign of President Nixon. Standing at the helm, initiated a military intervention in Panama, sent a fleet and gave permission for bombing in the Persian Gulf. But his most important achievement was the reunification of Germany and the collapse of the USSR. For the inhabitants of these countries, he became both a benefactor and a devil in one person. Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall began to develop, moved to prosperity. Other things happened with the republics, previously united in one state. The peoples of the newly created countries had to go through severe trials, poverty, losses, wars. And not everyone has withstood this "experiment". But the most surprising thing is that George W. Bush himself regretted what he had done. And he told the world about it openly.

Interview with Bush Sr.

In 1992 George was not elected for a new presidential term. And he gave his famous interview in which he told about the mistakes, calling them fatal for his country. In particular, Bush described as his main defeat the collapse of the USSR. This is a real foreign policy disaster for the States, he assured. After all, having lost "dumbbells on your feet" (fraternal republics), Russia will become much stronger. She will pass all the tests and become a very powerful power. In addition, Bush said, the Russians will never forget who is guilty of their troubles. The former president surprised the whole of America, telling that he wanted to be friends with Russia. He helped out of his own means and sent food to this state. He saw Russia as powerful, stronger than the former Union.

And in that memorable interview, Bush Sr. criticized Bzezhinsky's idea that without the Russians, the Russians would not build an empire. His approach was purely economic. He pointed out that in the twenty-first century there is no longer any need to feed a large army. It should be done professional and mobile. And this is due to the forces of that Russia, which he himself freed from "weights". These ideas seemed strange in 1992, when the post-Soviet space was a ruin. Another thing is 2015. A volley of cruise missiles from the Caspian basin demonstrated the revival of Russian weapons. This was the day when Russia again took its place in the international arena. Mr. Bush turned out to be a perspicacious and wise politician. And interestingly, a fair man. After all, he had the strength to admit defeat at a time when all the rest celebrated the victory!