I can't see how he is now personally responsible for many years of ecological mismanagement. And battles between local, state, and federal governments in emergencies is endemic around the world in the absence of a serious plan.    As Paul Krugman might possibly have remarked, continuing degrading of the role of government is certainly responsible for some of this -- though one might think that neoconservatives who believe in strong security and the rights of property would demand a strong role for emergency planning.   So sure, you could pin some of it on Bush. Putting an ex-horse show manager in charge of FEMA was not too bright, and dithering for a couple of days is his style for everything, and he has a country-club attitude to the poor (some of them will make excellent waiters), and so on. But still.

The Iraq War was a personal decision, and he is completely responsible for the fiasco there.

yours,

Peter T.