In an interview that will be aired on ABC on Monday night (December 2), George Bush said that "the biggest regret of all the presidency has to have been the intelligence failure in Iraq... I wish the intelligence had been different, I guess."
Asked if he would invade Iraq if he had known that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction, Bush refused to answer. Instead, he called it "an interesting question."
Asked if someone in his administration is to blame for the current economic and financial crisis, Bush "rejected any effort to blame his administration for inaction in the face of growing concerns."
Even though he lead his country to a war based on lies and presided over a near-collapse of the financial sector and an economic recession, Bush said he will leave office in January "with his head held high."
Asked what Americans would say when he leaves the White House, Bush replied: "I hope they feel that this is a guy that came, didn't sell his soul for politics, had to make some tough decisions, and did so in a principled way."
This is one of many attempts in the next few months by the Bush administration to save the face for the sake of history books.
But is it enough for Bush to just say that he's sorry, that he regrets his mistakes? His mistakes have led to wars, destruction, and enormous loss of life. His mistakes have made the world a more dangerous place than it was before.
As Joel Hirschhorn wrote in a Gather post, George Bush and his cronies belong to prison. They should be put on trail for "myriad counts of criminally negligent homicide related to both Iraq and the Katrina disaster."
We can only wait and see if there is really justice in America.
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Comments: 20
This is really sad. He just doesn't get it.
(But does he really believe it?)
This just cracked me up, because I say 01/20/09 is an end of an error. George W. Bush sold politics for money, he sold his soul a long time ago.
I can't agree with the notion that Bush is criminal. He dances close to breaking the law, but is very skilled at never really breaking the law. It is galling, to be sure. But, it is the truth. There isn't much basis for impeachment.
He need to appear strong in order to keep Iran at bay and maintain order in his own country. We all witnessed what happened in Iraq after he was deposed.
I'm not in any mood to hear any sob stories from George Bush at this time.
It was his "my way or the highway" policies that has put America in the predicament that we face today.
I knew he was incompetent from day one and can't believe that people voted for him, not once, but twice.
I shed no tears for George Bush. Just like the cowboy he professes to be, I hope that he rides off into the sunset to be never heard from again.
Lloyd
Too many lives have been lost in this foolhardy adventure in Iraq. My heart goes out to those who have died and been wounded, and to their families. As the mother of a 21 year old son, I cannot imagine the grief of the parents who have lost their children in Iraq (this goes for the Iraqi civilians also.) I pray that the day will soon come when war is no longer an option.
Anyone who truly studied George Bush would not have voted for him once, but twice. He campaigned on being a compassionate conservative, but used abortion, gay rights and other divisive issues to divide the country and become elected.
Even those who held their nose and voted for him now realize they were fooled.
Lloyd
Joe T - you say that George Bush never broke the law. What about the invasion of another country? What about the death of tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians? What about torture? If an African leader did what Bush did, the US government, media, public, and activists would cry out "WAR CRIMES" and "GENOCIDE."
Donna T - you say it was the intelligence fault, that Bush received incorrect information and acted on it. How come that even every comedian in the US that the information was incorrect but Bush and his administration didn't get it. They would get it if they wanted.