Americans traditionally love a tough-talking, hard-ass father figure for a president, especially in times of "war".
Mmm.. that didn't quite pan out for the first Bush, though.
No war.
I think he tried. He saw how his popularity surged during Just Cause (Panama 1989) and again during Operation Desert Storm (1991, but Desert Shield started late 1990). I believe Operation Restore Hope (1992-1993) was an attempt at capitalizing on that surge in popularity that occurs during a successful operation. The operation started a month late and didn't factor into the polls, though (it started 03 DEC 1992).
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