No Good Deed Will Go Unpunished

When I was in Burkina Faso in 2008 I was surprised at the high regard for President Bush by Africans, in contrast to the seemingly universal brickbats he was receiving at home. The reason was one of the great unreported stories in the world - the success of the programs in Africa to combat HIV/AIDS he championed. In 2003 President Bush, with the war against terrorism going full bore (we invaded Iraq in 2003), announced a $15 billion initiative to stem a disaster in the making in Africa from HIV/AIDS. And it worked. As the article below points out, not only have 1 million people been saved, but the incidence of new cases in places like Uganda has been cut from 20% of the population to 6%. How do liberals respond to this good news? Either with deafening silence or "Bush lied; people died." Amazing! Whatever the reaction here, though, there are a lot of people in Africa who remember and I was privileged to meet a few of them. On their behalf, thank you Mr. President.

townhall.com/columnists/DrPaulKengor/2009/08/28/round_two_on_bush_and_aids