I always figured this was common knowledge. Bush is a borderline sympathetic figure because he was a big oaf who took the blame for everything when he probably rarely had the final call or was the architect of anything. He was terrible though.
Cheney and HW are 2 of the worst americans of all time. not debatable
I think this is a bit of a popular mischaracterization of Bush. I think he relied on Cheney's advice and experience quite a bit, especially in the early years, but Bush was the real alpha in the White House. He was firm and confident in his decision-making and regularly shut Cheney and Rumsfeld down when he disagreed with their counsel. He was just naive, incurious, and not properly deliberative when making those disastrous decisions and policies. I don't think Bush's sins are that he's evil but moreso that he was just incredibly misguided and reckless. Cheney, on the other hand, is the embodiment of evil.
Check out Peter Baker's Days of Fire if you haven't already.