Bush Sr. calls Bush Jr.'s War "un-winnable"

[Selatius]

To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us and make a broken tyrant into a latter-day hero ... assigning young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight in what would be an un-winnable urban guerilla war. It could only plunge that part of the world into even greater instability.

- George Bush Snr, in A World Transformed, 1998

What a difference five years makes...

[spindrifter]

1. It's more than the five years--

Poppy was a more seasoned analyst than Sonny boy.

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Oh yeah!?

You want to go at it right now, mano-a-mano?

- G.W.Bush

[Kansas Wyatt]

3. Now you know why Poppy was not available to comment on his dimson's

Path to war with Iraq. Which is the same reason why, dimson had to look to a higher father for guidance. Because Poppy thought junior was screwing the pooch by attacking Iraq.

[sakabatou]

4. ... Wow...

:wow:

[DanCa]

5. Buh buh he's sending mixed messages to the troops.

[Erika]

6. Notice how "well" Saddam's trial is proceeding?

Not even the Iraqi judges care enough about his prosecution to show up and go through U.S. protocol.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Yeah, well, Poppy may be evil...

but he aint stooooopid.

[Deja Q]

8. K&R

Excellent find.

[CatholicEdHead]

9. Even Shrub thinks this

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/breaking_news/story/227273p-195190c.html

" When asked “Can we win?” the war on terror, Bush said, “I don’t think you can win it. But I think you can create conditions so that the — those who use terror as a tool are — less acceptable in parts of the world.”

[niyad]

16. is he capable of EVER constructing a coherent, logical, grammatically

correct sentence or thought?

[shanti]

17. no.

:evilgrin:

[boobooday]

10. Giving aid and comfort to the enemy!

I think Bush Jr. even admitted at one point it was unwinnable.

[pinto]

11. Dear George - It's a good reality check. Your Dad's got some background.

[Liberal In Texas]

12. Think they'll be calling George I a traitor over at FR? n/t

[SPKrazy]

13. 5 years? Try 8 years since 1998

and this was all well known after Gulf War 1

and it is beyond me why Scowcroft, et al didn't have any more say in *'s war.

[Selatius]

15. Well, we started this with Iraq in 2003. (Five year separation) n/t

[joeunderdog]

14. here's his whole take on why NOT to invade...

"Why We Didn't Remove Saddam"

George Bush and Brent Scowcroft
Time (2 March 1998)