In 2000 , George W. Bush and his cohorts were willing to subvert the electoral process to win control of the country. In 2004, they probably did it again, and certainly used the unifying tragedy of 9/11 to further divide the country and win again.
So, Bush has controlled the U.S. since 2000. And since 9/11/01, he has invaded two countries, Afghanistan and Iraq. Whether he controls them or not is open to interpretation, I guess.
But let’s take a quick inventory of the countries Bush has attempted to assert control over.
Afghanistan
After letting Osama bin Laden escape from Tora Bora (shades of his father letting Saddaam Hussein “escape” in ’91!) he essentially turned his back on this country. Now the country is the leading source of heroin in the world, and the Taliban is back, terrorizing the country (and funded in large part by the heroin traffic).