Bush Don’t Take Responsiblilty For Nothing
His biggest regret is intelligence failures. But even if intelligence didn’t tell him there were WMD’s, there still might have been an Iraq war.
h/t Crooks and Liars
Bush: The biggest regret of all the presidency has to have been the intelligence failure in Iraq. A lot of people put their reputations on the line and said, you know … the weapons of mass destruction is a reason to remove Saddam Hussein. It wasn’t just people in my administration, and um … You know, that’s not a do-over, but I wish the intelligence had been different, I guess.
Gibson: If the intelligence had been right, would there have been an Iraq war?
Bush: If he had had weapons of mass destruction, would there have been a war? Absolutely.
Gibson: No, if you had known he didn’t.
Bush: Oh, I see what you’re saying. Uh … You know, that’s an interesting question. That is a do-over I can’t do. It’s hard for me to speculate.
George is what some folks refer to as a “dry drunk”. It is a person who quits drinking but doesn’t go through the process of recovery. They are miserable, unhealed people who need so much self assurance that they are doing right that they cannot think of any faults that might chip away at their miniscule ego. It is so sad to watch his tortured soul twist in the wind when someone attempts to corner him to be accountable for his actions.
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:46 pm
What a pathetic sounding and looking little man.
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:54 pm
That,s a very good point MR. BLAIR. 24/7 spin when their where no WMD,s in his views to make it right. If you broke the glass,you broke the glass.
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:57 pm
It’s called DENIAL!
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
There were other reasons besides WMD. In fact, the WMD were the weakest reason to start with. The only bad thing about this interview is that he doesn’t have the guts to say, “Of course. There were plenty of reasons, not least of which 12 years of shooting at American and British aircraft.” to Gibson’s question.
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:09 pm
The whole entire GOP at times is in denial. Right wing talk radio is beyound denial. Did jr blame his daddy somewhat?
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:18 pm
POOR Southern Methodist University!
SMU and methodists would-wide are STILL fighting to not have the GWB “Library” institute plus, gag-me, think tank, shoved down their throat as a history re-writing tool.
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:18 pm
“…I wish the intelligence had been different, I guess.”
But does he wish he had not sent our forces to war based on false intelligence? No of course not. Because war is good. War makes people lots of money. War tells other countries what to expect if they screw with the United States, and even if they don’t. Because we’ve got all these guns and bombs and there aren’t enough targets in the world that we can blow up.
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:32 pm
he has kept yalls sorry asses safe.
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Bella,
Don’t really agree – many of our loved ones have not been kept particularly safe in Iraq, for example.
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:15 pm
<<<gonna wait on the same blame and outrage if and when Obama uses our military
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Can you not tell me the world is a better place without that animal in it.
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:29 pm
There actually was good intelligence. Unfortunately, good intelligence couldn’t justify the war, so Cheney and Rumsfeld cut out the CIA and created their own intelligence in the Pentagon. Chalabi and “Curveball” obliged as sources. Remember the real-time debunking of the aluminum centrifuge tubes, the bio-weapons trailers, and the terror drones? All bogus, and it didn’t matter. The UN inspectors didn’t matter. More justifications could be invented. And just repeat after me: “9/11, Saddam, 9/11, Saddam, 9/11… You don’t want another 9/11 do you?”
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Ask Some of the dead soldiers family members or the fifty thousand or more severely wounded family members if they think this world is better without their loved ones. You Moron.
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Jeffro,
You can ask some of the dead/wounded soldiers and their family members that question and most of them will tell you their family member served their country with honor.
Not that they are glad they are dead, but they did what they thought was right and they did it with pride, honor, courage, and a willingness to pay the ultimate price for the country they live in.
The morons are the ones who belive that every military family who has lost someone blames bush, our country, our government for their loss.
I have a lot of friends with hubands still there, some have served multiple tours. They don’t like it, but it is what they signed up for and they do it with honor.
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Stop Karl Rove from massaging the Bush legacy.He said without WMD the Iraq invasion would not have been undertaken.But he forgot what Bush has said many times,”the Iraq war was not a mistake.”
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Stop the Bush legacy project! Therefore, please challenge Karl Rove and Karen Hueges new project from rewriting history( Enron,iraq war, katrina,recession/economic meltdown ect……….)Don’t forget torture!…..
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:31 pm
“…most of them will tell you their family member served their country with honor.”
Who could question that? Who would even want to? The people who serve are among the finest this country has to offer. Their families should be very proud.
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:33 pm
cara what about the the millions of lifes he has saved!I hate that one life has been lost but those heros. want to fight for me and you to be having this debate. they beleive in what they are doing and are proud of what they are doing .And the dont hate George Bush just like I dont hate Barak Obamah yall have got to let it go.And stop all this hatred.IT is tearing the country apart.everbody needs to remember what 9/11 felt like Idont ever want that to happen again.and it did not on George Bushs watch.
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Stop the Bush legacy project!
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Bella, what millions of lives are you talking about? I know Bush is responsible for the deaths of millions, but I don’t recall him saving any lives.
And remember, 9/11 happened on his watch. He ignored the warning “Bin Laden planning to strike in the U.S.” given to him by the clinton administration.
He deliberately failed to protect us.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:09 pm
I hope all of you libs and especially YOU ALAN eventually get confronted with the nasty crap you say about a GREAT PRESIDENT LIKE PRESIDENT BUSH! You’ll eventually face your God or Satan and people like ALAN love to question everything rather than be thankful that your scrawny ugly beehind hasn’t been beheaded yet!
I often ponder if folks of your beliefs end up in heaven….how am I going to survive with y’all in eternity! Since your idea of President Bush is evil why not go over to the Dark Continent and ask those folks that were wearing clothing with President Bush’s picture on it their opinion? Liberals and Democrats are always nothing more that JERKS! Enjoy your misery!
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:09 pm
TDRO,
If you wanna blame bush for 9/11 then you should thank him for keeping your butt safe for the past 7 years.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:17 pm
cara It was clinton who knew of the warning but of course you libs blame Bush. Im talking about all of our lifes.Do we just stand by and let them just keep on coming? what about Saddam?hes gone and how many others?And if you think he delibately let something like that happen I cant even understand such hatred in anyone.I am really surprised that someone could even think such things.what reason could he have to that on purpose?I dont even alan would say such athing .I am in shock
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:28 pm
I think Bush could have headed off 9/11 if he acted on the information stating that Bin Laden had people in the U.S. already.
Racial Profiling may have caught some if not all of the highjackers,but it is condenmed by every liberal and most democrats in this country and I don’t understand why.ACLU would have swamped the White House.
Saturation bombing of Afghan and Pakistan mountains would have been an option but the UN would have never approved that.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Of course we blame Bush…..he ignored reports and warnings…far more than what proceded it….
Bush never just let it happen…he just was so incompetent that he couldn’t get much done….example…have you heard of the 35 miles of garbage still sitting on the Texas coastline from last summer’s hurricanes?
Yep…learned a lot from Catrina…keep the tv cameras out of the area…that will solve the problems….
Bush is a national disgrace and embarassment….his approval numbers are lower than a man who quit in disgrace….now, tell me it’s hatred…or is it just reality of just how bad of an administrator this dope is.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Robert,
I don’t agree with everything he has done. No President is perfect. I want to see the democrats blame, criticize, analyze and demoralize everything that Obama says, doesn’t say, does or doesn’t do just like they have George Bush.
I don’t think Clinton would have prevented 9/11….I mean they did hit the WTC under his watch too. Not to mention the Khobar towers, U.S. Cole. If a 9/11 like event happens during Obama’s watch, just remember where to place the blame
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Cara Maybe I should not judge you to say something like President Bush let 9/11 happen on purpose you must be mentaly ill.only thing I can come up with!
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:41 pm
What a country. we let this pathetic excuse for a man be our President, and it resulted in the evil of an unprovoked war of aggression. I’ll bet anyone that Obama does NOTHING to punish any of this crew either. Our only hope is that W makes the mistake of traveling abroad, and is brought up on war crimes charges by another country’s government. One million Iraqis dead. 4 millions homeless because of this drone.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:45 pm
paul,
we didn’t “let” him…he was elected.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Mason,
I think the major issue change will be that we now have someone willing to say “the buck stops here and the vision starts here”. He is stepping up and taking responsibility before he even takes the oath. Bush won’t even take responsibility for taking us to war…even if Iraq didn’t have the WMD. In 2005, he stated that he would have gone to war even if they didn’t have WMD, and now he is doubling back and saying it was all the intellegence error…..he just won’t take responsibility.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Robert,
In my opinion, a man who continues a war that he and others (including democrats) thought was necessary (at one time or another) regardless of public opinion, polls, popularity contests is willing to say “the buck stops here”.
Obama hasn’t even stepped foot in office yet. The buck stops with him as soon as he takes oath. He can’t vote present anymore, no lame excuses, no “next question” don’t wannna deal with it or answer it now.
It is easy to have a vision, not always as easy to bring it to fruition.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Bush is a national disgrace and embarassment….his approval numbers are lower than a man who quit in disgrace….now, tell me it’s hatred…or is it just reality of just how bad of an administrator this dope is.
Posted by Robert Blair
11/24/08
Gallup—President Bush———–29.4% approval
Democrat Lead Congress—19 % approval
( Robert always leaves that part out of his commentary )
( Just keeping an even playing field here )
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:00 pm
I wouldn’t start with the congress…. how many congressional democrats were thrown out of office versus the number of republicans? I’m talking about incombents….How many? If the Democrats were the problem with the congress, why did voters give them a larger majority?
I was talking only about Nixon and Bush…I know it’s painful to think of how they relate so well to each other, but it was a comparison between them.
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:09 pm
incumbants…sorry
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:10 pm
“we didn’t “let” him…he was elected”
He was not elected. He was appointed by the supreme court.
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:24 pm
No, the supreme court didn’t allow Gore to have hand picked recounts. That is the problem. Right?
bush was elected. TWICE
Now can you move on to the present or not?
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:26 pm
I know you were talking about Nixon and Bush Robert.I was just making the point that you never comment on how bad congress is doing—sounds like Bush Hating to me anyway.
As far as Republican incumbants the recent election proves anyone can walk in a voting booth and push a “D”.
I think Saxby proved that yesterday didn’t he?
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:27 pm
“Great President Like George Bush”
Posted by: Barbara
Are you freaking kidding me?
The harm he has caused this country is too lengthy to even begin to discuss. And clearly, with your mentality there would be no point.
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:53 pm
“Obama hasn’t even stepped foot in office yet”.
Posted by: T.Mason
You’re right! But yet he is already getting blamed for everything and people are starting to talk about impeaching him. They’ve somehow already analyzed the next eight years. Well…. I guess it’s easier to look at that then deal with the reality of all the shi* that happened to this country during the LAST eight years.
December 4th, 2008 at 12:01 am
why ae libs so angry it must be in the Kool-aid. Im mean every one.why dont you just go forward.Oboma is our new president lets all get behind him and focous on that and wish Bush well.And our country will be better off. but all this nasty stuff needs to stop!
December 4th, 2008 at 12:16 am
Danielle,
I just want to know what is all the shi* that has happened over the last 8 years. Just to know.
December 4th, 2008 at 12:19 am
Robert,
Which congressional dems were thrown out of office and the same with repubs?
December 4th, 2008 at 12:34 am
I think one dem lost his positon…on the other side, I believe the count was 18…don’t quote me since that is why I asked….I wasn’t sure of the exact number, but I knew it was a jolt to the repubs.
December 4th, 2008 at 12:51 am
“why ae libs so angry it must be in the Kool-aid”
No, it is years of radical right attacks…we just don’t stand and take it anymore….
December 4th, 2008 at 12:53 am
You know this is a do over that Bush can’t do! I’ve tried to look at this war from every angle. After 9/11 when our American brothers and sisters in New York were attacked, you could drive to any city or town in the U.S. and see the flag flying on almost every home and business. We were ready to stampede the whole Elephant Herd thru Afghanistan to get the Bin Lauden gang members.(I will never elevate them to more then gang members) The quick turn of focus to Iraq created doubt and division and so our full power to get the B.L gang was minimized. I bet the B.L. gang found some relief in that. When Saddam saw the damage a few gang members could do to the U.S, he started offering to pay families of suicide bombers. With his money and his ability to bribe the UN he became even more of a threat to us. I do think Bush wanted to protect us but he went to great lengths to make it right. We had been hit over and over and I think Bush wanted to finally put the hammer down. Saddam was like a loose cannon in the middle east. Bush’s relationship with the Bin Lauden family, the oil connection, and his father’s history of conflict, with Iraq, created doubt along with “faulty intelligence” Did he keep us safer after 9/11?, maybe. Yet it may well be these gang members were smart enough to see that the force of the United Sates people united against them is not a force they want to see in the middle east and they better not do anything more over here. With limited force from us they could keep their Jihad fantasy alive and growing and destroy the economy of the the world. Yet the American people do not want to conquer and occupy the middle east. It’s time for leaders through out the world to unite and police these destructive gangs. We also need to show some respect and cheer on the normal Islamic people in Iraq. We do elect our leaders and we are responsible long term for their choices. All we can do now is try to make it right. One way on that path is if anyone profited from this war they need to sacrifice those profits for the wounded soldiers and the children left parent less. No war profiting!!! Then we need to open the discussion, when is it right to invade another country and commit our military. We can’t go back but we should define what should be done if (GOD FORBID) there is a next time!!!!
December 4th, 2008 at 2:40 am
He really looks pathetic in this interview. It’s embarrassing. He looks totally Defeated.
December 4th, 2008 at 4:23 am
Good GOD! That post from that BARBARA lady. What a nightmare with no coffee in me to focus. Did she say a great president as in BUSH ? Someone take that bottle of moonshine from her because she is wacked. 9/11 happen during the BUSH term. Bush is the worst president besides RICHARD MILHOUSE NIXON thanks to recent tapes of NIXON.
December 4th, 2008 at 6:45 am
the “bush legacy project” is now in full swing,with karl rove leading the way.they are working overtime in a blatant and typically “rovian” way to rewrite history.rove said on the today show that if it werent for the bad intelligence on the wmds that bush never would have pushed for the iraq invasion.yet,bush is on tape saying(in a 2005 interview w/brit hume) the exact opposite.this administration,and bush specifically, are documented liars.they have been proven to be liars on so very many occasions.in countless books and journalistic investigations.the saddest part about this rewriting of history is that the media is,and will continue to allow it to happen.they will gladly assist them every step of the way.y’know,the “liberal media”.the few people(colmes,olbermann,maddow) who actually bring these lies to light are simply dismissed as “far left bush hating” blah blah blah…mark my words,in ten or fifteen years we will be recalling george w bush as “the guy who won the war in iraq”.with no mention of the fact that it was a war of choice.a war that cost nearly 5,000 american lives and appx. half a million iraqui lives.
December 4th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Steve,
How many times were we attacked during the clinton years? WTC here in U.S., khobar towers, U.S. Cole just to name a few. Are you outraged about that? Gonna compare clinton to nixon, or was the economy the only thing that mattered during his 8 years?
December 4th, 2008 at 9:06 am
brian…as far as keeping an even playing field or whatever,its important to note congress’ approval ratings in 2006 when the dems took over.i dont have the numbers available right now but i know they were well under twenty percent.as a true progressive i have know problem admitting that pelosi,reid,etc…have done an awful job since taking over.i just think its important to be clear.dems took over a congress which was being run into the ground and CONTINUED to run it into the ground.
December 4th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Yes i am outraged about that. CLINTON fumble the ball,but CLINTON left the information for BUSH to act on and they had a bigger attack on us on 9/11. Bush dished Clinton as soon as he took office with has JOHN WAYNE idealism. Better yet as i read a post from someone. He acted like a dry drunk that never went into recovery. After 9/11 i had the presidents back. I was gunhoo. I was shouting USA,USA. I was a war monger for what happed,but he fumble the ball.
December 4th, 2008 at 9:18 am
steve,
was bush at any of the airports where they boarded the planes. did he teach them to fly? there were oh so many loopholes, in my opinion because of lax intelligence, but you cannot blame it all on one man.
If that’s the case, then dems need to blame their guys too.
December 4th, 2008 at 9:26 am
When the boat sinks, who takes the responsibility? well the captain. Bill Clinton was not the captain of that ship on 9-11.By the way the Bushes used 9-11 as a campaign tactic to win reelection.Yes, the one man in charge always gets the blame for failure and WHO WAS IN CHARGE ? people!
December 4th, 2008 at 9:43 am
T.MASON,i stated Bush did not take the information Clinton gave him. He dished Clinton and sat around like a buffoon when he was told an attack was coming. When i played football,we shouted out F U M B L E !!!!
December 4th, 2008 at 9:51 am
t.mason they will never ever admit it. they think bush acted alone one purpose. it just shows there mind set. Im shocked how any one could think such a thing .How Bush just let it happen COME ON!!!Until I read this page I hade no idea there were so many. BillO had warned us but I still had no idea.you see t.mason they live there and they want blame anyboy but Bush. I Just cant beleive we have not heard Karl Rove and Dick Channey are is this just I hate Bush site?
December 4th, 2008 at 10:00 am
steve,
when and from whom was bush told specifically that planes would be used as weapons?
Pierre,
are you saying every president in the history of our country is to blame for every bad act carried out during their tenure?
December 4th, 2008 at 10:01 am
When is BUSH going to accept failure WILLY and T. MASON ? I watched some of that interview. He even spin blame to his daddy to a small degree. Bush should be called DR. SPIN GOOD. Atleast CLINTON got on tv and siad his zipper was undone and lied about his zipper being undone and said to family and the AMERICAN people he was sorry. Only Richard Milhouse Nixon(recent tapes) and Andrew Johnson are worst.
December 4th, 2008 at 10:06 am
From the start the Bush plans were : Character change(no more Monica), Tax Cut For the riches, changes in Haiti, Venezuela and in Iraq governments.He ignored every things else.
December 4th, 2008 at 10:06 am
That puke from Venezuela called him the devil and could smell the sulfur from is body at the UN. Bush has made me mad,but that asswipe saying that about our president pisses me off. I can,t stand freaking CHAVEZ. I hope the people in his country remove him from office. He,s been a thron to us. He don,t care if your are a dem or a repub.
December 4th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Steve,
I blame Bush Sr. for some of Iraq. If we had finished the job the first time, which is what we are doing this go around, things MIGHT be different. Do I hate him for it? NO.
I don’t think any President is perfect, nor do they have a crystal ball. You can have all the intelligence you want (which I am not convinced he did) and I don’t 9/11 or something similar could have been prevented. I do know that we have been safe for the past 7 years. Do you give him credit for that?
December 4th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Yes ! you take the 7-years credit but you ignore the 8-months failure.The president is in charge from day one, not after 8 months.Good things happen- you get credit; you take the blame for the bad as well.Bush Sr.& Clinton have nothing to do with anything once you are sworn in.Obama will be in charge and responsible on 1-20-2009.
December 4th, 2008 at 10:56 am
T. MASON,you have to confess BUSH is a master spin doctor.
December 4th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Some of you right wingnuts that post here need to work on your spelling and grammar.
December 4th, 2008 at 11:37 am
ok thats ugly ! but what do you expect from a lib? but i do expect more from someone from the south if nothing else you should have manners!Iknow your mother raised you better than that.
December 4th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Just sad and pathetic. He was a poor choice in president, that’s all there is to it. He was successfully elected twice by the GOP who wanted to WIN at all costs by capitalizing on fear, chickenhawking, and greed. The GOP wanted power for power’s sake, not to make America better, stronger, smarter and more creative.
Now that they’ve lost, that’s all I hear them talking about– not ideas, not solutions, but ways to WIN. One GOP operative even talked about “filling the bench” with “better players” in the future. Like it’s all a football game.
If our maturity level is going to stagnate at the high school level, could we at least take politics out of the “extracurricular” ideology, and take it back to the “academic classroom” ideology?
December 4th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
BELLA,Look i don,t hate BUSH. You have to confess he took the DUKE,S approch. Nor did he acted alone. Rowe and the VP DICK C. are at fault as well. When this president ever take responablity when he is wrong and his staff? Bush should BILLO on the no spin zone. This president is a spin master on not taking responsablity.
December 4th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Do you guys realize that if Clinton had not been so busy shmoozing with celebs at a golf tournament and gave the go ahead to kill Bin Laden, there would have never been a 9/11? It’s real easy to armchair quarterback isn’t it. Nobody and I mean nobody knows what all really went on. And I can recall many Dems. saying oh yea, we read the intelligence, we have to go in there, Saddam has WMDs. Oh how quickly we forget.
December 4th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Bush did receive the daily briefing on OBL. Did he even try to go after him before 9-11? No, He was busy planing a war on Iraq.
December 4th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
“do-over”? Did Bush really say that? I mean REALLY? I know he’s not the brightest star in the Texas sky, but did he honestly and truly say “do-over”?
December 4th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Several days before 911 W was busy playing cowboy at his ranch. He was warned about a potential attack on US soil. His response to that information was, “Ok now you’ve told me.” He did no follow up. Again, during Katrina he was at his ranch and couldn’t seem to pull himself away while that nightmare was taking place. He was so out of touch that he actually thought Brownie was doing a “heck of a job.” The man is either just plain stupid or just doesn’t care.
December 4th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Where do you people get this stuff? If he received imfo about some attack on American Soil what was he suppose to do. Tell everyone to stay in there bomb shelters don’t leave your home. What was the imfo he was told did he know airplanes were going to be used as missles. I doubt it. We have had so many terror alerts since the attack its not funny, how do you filter thru what is legite and what is not.
Katrina..This is a good one…How can you blame the president on a natural disaster. What were the local officials doing Mayor, Governor state government when the warning came in… that is there job
December 4th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
I guess Bush ordered the officials in New Orleans to keep the buses parked and not ensure more were evacuated. It wasn’t just the federal government that failed in their response, but the local government too.
December 4th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Mason–If Bush had ordered the National Guard ( over riding local and state officials )into New Orleans the situation wouldn’t have been as bad.
If he had ordered the FBI to do some Racial Profiling 9/11 may have been stopped.
But he couldn’t have done either one without the ACLU,
millions of democrats,NBC,CBS ,Clinton,Pelosi,Reid, Kerry,Obama,Edwards,Gore,Oberman,Matthews and even Colmes saying he violated somebodies rights.
I have heard Steve,Pierre,Cuma,Robert Blair,Sarah and numerous others here fuss “Bush did nothing”—But they offer no ideas on what he should have done I noticed.I have always wondered what he could have done to keep us safe and liberals happy at the same time.
The Liberal complaints about The Patriot Act are a good example.
December 4th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Way to go Bryan and Mason.Bush is always in a no win situation with the libs.But they cant see it fo all the anger.
December 4th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
BELLA,it,s the other way around. Spin spin spin by BUSH to justify reason once he is ? on a subject he went full bore into and failed. IRAQ is a total failure by BUSH. As in football,he F U M B L E the ball.
December 4th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Steve are we not winning in IRAQ? Is Saddam gone? And the point you keep missing is he did not do this alone I have seen Colin Powel time after time say we thought it was wmd. didnt he indorse your guy?Did he FUMBLE the ball?But of couse its all Bush right by him self.If you knew how rediculous that sounds.Get up one morning lets go to war. COME ON!!!what would be his point please tell me. AH OIL? He is not a monster. and you would have to be.Just for the hell of it.I Think He did what he think was right.At the time.
December 5th, 2008 at 12:31 am
Bottemline, in the morning the majority of american wanted to go to war with Iraq, and in the evening america was against it! Government is doing what it is supposta do, protecting america. We will leave, an Iraq will be the better for our presence.
P.S. Bush made alot of mistakes, but so has everyother president….just ask that respective presidents oppositing party :) I hope obama does will but i fear for america!
December 5th, 2008 at 12:35 am
BELLA,our welcome wagon is worn out as if we ever had 1 in IRAQ. It was a mistake going in. Atleast ATOMAINO says Bush made some mistakes. So did Clinton. Bush fumble the ball. The people working under Bush missed tackles and where off sides as well. A total failure from Powell and rest of the staff at that time as well.
December 5th, 2008 at 7:13 am
If Iraq had WMD do you really think we would have invaded that country? If the NY Giants beat the Alabama college football in the superball, would you call the giants the “WORLD CHAMPs?
December 5th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Follow the conversation below with the hater John Gibson you could just feel his anger over the situation
hehe
From: Gibson, John [mailto:john.gibson@foxnews.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 5:05 PM
To: Smith, Dennis
Subject: RE: Celebrate good times come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we won the war you dope. you would rather lose?
you are the walking talking definition of a loser.
jg
—–Original Message—–
From: Smith, Dennis Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 4:52 PM
To: Gibson, John
Subject: RE: Celebrate good times come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But his OPINION means a lot to you
AND your own man is not so sure
So keep holding the bag ………………………….mmmmmmmmmmmmm
HAHHAHAHHAHA
Dennis B. Smith
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From: Gibson, John [mailto:john.gibson@foxnews.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 4:49 PM
To: Smith, Dennis
Subject: RE: Celebrate good times come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if bush is as dumb as you think he is, then it doesn’t matter what he thinks does it? i would have ordered the invasion myself, personally, and i’m glad it was done because it was the right thing to do and what dopes like you think isn’t really relevant.
jg
—–Original Message—–
From: Smith, Dennis [mailto:dsmith@doitt.nyc.gov]
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 3:38 PM
To: JB Williams
Subject: RE: Celebrate good times come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now even Bush has regrets over war
And admits he may not have gone in if he knew there were no WMD’S
SO NO MORE TALK OF YELLOW CAKE
THERE WAS NO WMD PERIOD THAT WAS IN REPORTS….
WOW EVEN YOUR PRESIDENT ADMITS IT………………………WOW
MUST FEEL LIKE A MORON HOLDING THE LINE FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION
December 5th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Does that take all…
I wrote back for his definition of winning?
But he of cause has not written back yet
we will see
Did we defeat terrorism or draw terrorists over the boarders to Iraq with targets to aim at?
Is there prove this is going to be a lasting democracy when history of the region says otherwise?
Did we find mass WMD’S? Or give him a chance to get rid of it by announcing we are coming months in advance? Therefore making the world more dangerous
So whether he had it or not does not matter the war was bothered.
That is why I want to hear his definition of winning….
Thank you
Is the region more balanced?
December 5th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
MK & Bryan: “What was the imfo he was told did he know airplanes were going to be used as missles. I doubt it.”
Actually, NORAD had a training exercise for a very similar scenario, only it involved foreign aircraft being piloted into major buildings and monuments, or otherwise heavily populated areas. And it assumed the Russians would be doing it. Why do you think they said, “Is this a drill?” when the FAA reported things were going awry?
If Bush (who’d been in office 8 months and had been warned by the Clinton administration– and Bush responded by decreasing terrorism surveillance) had been told an attack was imminent, it would have stood to reason he’d call all hands on deck.
He campaigned on being protective, and strong on terror, but he wasn’t either of those.
In terms of Katrina– FEMA was folded into Homeland Security, which is also a reason why it was such a disaster in terms of response. And no, the president isn’t responsible for natural disasters– he’s ultimately responsible for how the government TAKES OUR TAX MONEY AND RESPONDS TO THOSE NATURAL DISASTERS.
New Orleans and Louisiana bear some responsibility, sure, but when someone’s watching their house burn down, do you ask them at length, if they tried putting it out themselves, or lecture them about fire prevention, or wait until they ask you for help?
OR, SINCE THEIR PHONE IS ON FIRE, DO YOU CALL 911?
December 5th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
You hit the nail on the head SARAH about New Orleans and La. Do you remember the picture of Bush and McCain having fun for McCain,s birthday? New Orleans was having a major disaster while Bush is having fun.
December 5th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
The fact is, fighter jets were scrambled. If they had shot down ANY one of those commercial airliners the same people throwing bunk on Bush for not doing what they think should have been done to prevent something that would not have been prevented if even…dare I say…Clinton or Obama had been in office..those same people would scream MURDERER!!! For killing all those innocent americans on those airplanes.
As far as calling 911 goes. I do believe, if I am not mistaken that that mayor and governor both were warned at length that katrina was gonna be a b**ch. Remember all the buses under water?
December 5th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
The Army Corp of Engineers had warned New Orleans and the state many times that the levees would not hold in a level 4 or 5 hurricane. They warned them for years about a coming disaster, but neither the state governer or city mayor would listen.
And yes, T. Mason, I would like to know why all those school buses just set there while people were beging for help to get out before disaster struck. Where were Mayor Nagin? Sure the fed. government dropped the ball also, but the majority of the blame should go to the mayor and governer.
December 5th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
I guess if it were a republican mayor and republican governer, then they too would be taking all the heat, along with Bush, from all the libs in Liberaland.
December 5th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
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