Bush stands by decision to invade Iraq (couldn't live with himself- if US withdrew)

[sabra]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) — As President Bush prepares to leave office and looks back over his tenure, he Tuesday continued to stand firmly by his decision to go to war in Iraq, calling the decision to send troops into harm's way the most important one he made he has made in the Oval Office.

"I listened to a lot of people before we went into Iraq. And I listened to a lot of people, including in my own administration, who said, 'it's just not working. Let's get out.' And I listened very carefully to them. And obviously, came to a different conclusion," President Bush told CNN's Senior Political Correspondent Candy Crowley during a tour of the Oval Office.

While he did not want to revisit his decision to go to war, Bush he was ultimately concerned about "whether or not we would succeed."

"I have worried about it in the past, in 2006 in particular. In Iraq, I was deeply concerned about whether or not we would succeed," he said. "A lot of people in Washington, were saying, let's get out now. And I obviously chose not to do that. But, that was a very difficult period," he said.

The president said he "considered all options" when it came to Iraq and contemplated leaving but said, "I could not live with myself, if I had chosen to just leave and leave behind the valor and the sacrifice of a lot of our young men and women. I would have never been able to face their loved ones."



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[RT Atlanta]

1. funny thing is...

I dont believe he's faced any (or very few at the least) of the loved ones from the persons injured or killed in action.

[sabra]

3. Family of soldier killed in Iraq recall meeting with Bush: "you don't seem bitter" Bush asked them

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=4639400

[saigon68]

20. He is a Piss-ant Psychopathic CHIMPANZEE

The "Bring Em On" Bullshit is almost over.

He needs to make like a tree and leaf

[endarkenment]

4. I think he is a psychotic who gets off on the destruction he has caused.

[aquart]

12. Sure didn't attend any funerals.

[Solly Mack]

2. Fuck him and every single solitary person that has enabled him

and his crimes

[aquart]

13. Is it too much to hope they invested with Madoff?

[Solly Mack]

15. lol

Thank you!!

[hobbit709]

5. (couldn't live with himself- if US withdrew)

I wish but he would NEVER hold himself accountable

[hadrons]

6. Yeah, we know why ....

[pinto]

7. Delusional.

And I thought hindsight was 20/20...

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Exactly what constitutes 'succeeding'? What is it that was the goal?

[SOS]

27. That's the question

Bush said the US was invading to disarm Iraq of WMD.
Since there never were any WMD in Iraq, that goal was met in 2004.

It seems nobody knows why the US is even there anymore.

[Hissyspit]

9. You're a fucking war criminal, asshole!

Who cares what you think?

[damntexdem]

10. Whether or not Dubya can live with himself is not very important to me.

But I do wish that rather than living with himself and Laura in nearby Dallas, he were instead going to be living with himself and other convicts in a prison.

[Divine Discontent]

11. oh good heavens - we can't have him not being able to LIVE WITH HIMSELF

the King shall not have his conscience ruined by bringing the troops home even though it was greatly obvious that there were no WMD's, thousands upon thousands of dead American soldiers were being shipped home, and our treasury was being wasted away...

heaven's forbid - we can't have him feeling nauseated to where he can't live with himself!

:puke: :puke: :puke:



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[llmart]

14. And because of you, you dipshit......

there are many in our military who didn't get to live at all, you narcissistic asshole.

Go away and shut the f*** up.

[Zorra]

16. Seriously - if I were Bu*h, my conscience would have forced me to hang myself years ago.

But, of course, Bu*h is a psychopath, and psychopaths don't have consciences.

[Doctor_J]

23. He is a drunk and a sociopath, so nothing bothers him

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. He stands by his decision to LIE

God DAMN why won't they bring these bastards to justice? WHY?????

[MasonJar]

18. But no one wants to live with him. I'm astounded Laura is still there;

although she is typical Stepford wife material. She may have more brains and savvy than Bush, but she is no mental or social giant.

[uppityperson]

19. I won't make comments that would be illegal.

shaking my head and thinking here though. "could not live with myself" my ass.

[Pastiche423]

21. Withdraw! Withdraw! Withdraw!

He said he couldn't live with himself- if US withdrew.

[Doctor_J]

22. When is someone going to ask him if he's glad he ordered torture?

These fucking cowards in Big Media need to be sent to Gitmo

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[iamincali83]

25. He's a true Republican!!

He suffers from tunnel vision, and never admits he's wrong about anything! What a worthless piece of shit! I wish he would sit in jail for the rest of his life!:grr:

[No Elephants]

26. Megalomaniacal sociopath still out of touch with reality. Film at 11.