Bush warns of Iraq disaster
Does anyone trust Bush on Iraq?
Politico-President Bush in a Tuesday interview expressed in unusually frank terms his disappointment over flawed pre-war intelligence and acknowledged his fears about leaving an unfinished war to a Democratic successor.
In an Oval Office interview with Politico and Yahoo News — Bush’s first for an online audience — the president said his doomsday scenario for a premature withdrawal “of course is that extremists throughout the Middle East would be emboldened, which would eventually lead to another attack on the United States.”
For the first time, Bush revealed a personal way in which he has tried to acknowledge the sacrifice of soldiers and their families: He has given up golf.
“I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf,” he said. “I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.”
Bush: I Gave Up Golf For The Troops
HUH?? WATCH
The war did not slow down his twins from underage drinking and partying. Too bad they didn’t play golf instead – much more respectable.
“And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.”
Wise words from the greatest U.S. president in history.