'It's not our fault': George Bush blames allied forces for prolonged war in Afghanistan

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Daily Mail

'It's not our fault': George Bush blames allied forces for prolonged war in Afghanistan
By David Gardner
Last updated at 7:34 AM on 16th November 2010

George Bush has laid the blame for the prolonged war in Afghanistan on NATO allies who didn't pull their weight on the battlefield.

The ex-president blasted critics who claim his administration took its 'eye off the ball' and allowed the conflict to escalate during the invasion of Iraq.

In an interview with CNN, Mr Bush said he assumed allied forces would take up the slack while US troops were busy toppling Saddam Hussein and coping with the ensuing insurgency.

'What happened in Afghanistan was that our NATO allies, some of them, turned out not to be willing to fight,' he said.

'Therefore, our assumption that we had ample troops - US and NATO troops - turned out to be not a true assumption. So we adjusted,' he added.


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[Lasher]

1. Choking on his own pretzel logic.

To the man who never made a mistake, everything is always somebody else's fault.

[pinboy3niner]

2. So now he says they were the 'Coalition of the UNwilling'?

Did he also tell them "Heckuva job" before throwing them under the bus to burnish his legacy?

Looks like nothing bad is ever his fault...perhaps we misunderestimated him. :sarcasm:

[saigon68]

8. "Bring Em On" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[Chulanowa]

3. Uhm. Wow.

Even for him, that's a fucking asshole thing to say.

21 Australians
1 Belgian
152 Canadians
3 Czechs
39 Danes
8 Estonians
1 Finn
50 French
5 Georgians
45 Germans
4 Hungarians
33 Italians
1 Jordanian
3 Latvians
1 Lithuanian
24 Dutch
1 New Zealander
9 Norwegians
22 Poles
2 Portuguese
17 Romanians
1 South Koreans
30 Spaniards
5 Swedes
2 Turks
344 Brits

"Turned out not to be willing to fight."

This fucker needs to drown in a toilet.

[Submariner]

4. You're right..'It's not our fault' Dumbya...."It's your fault" the war was lost

both wars. Cowardly turd.

[zenprole]

5. Damn those Solomon Islanders!

I don't have the figures right this minute, but "allies" accounted for a tiny percentage of forces.

George W. Bush is certifiable.

[Tabasco_Dave]

6. The guy never accepts responsibility for anything bad.

It's always someone else's fault. If any of us did that at work they would fire our asses.

[truthisfreedom]

7. Yet another bush mulligan. Non-stop blame, excuses and do-overs.

What a piece of work that shithead is.

[Scuba]

9. No, George, it's not "our" fault. It's "your" fault. n/t

[DCKit]

10. What y'all ^ said.

Additionally, Vladimir Putin (had he been asked, or listened to) would have told shit-for-brains that NOBODY will ever win a war in Afghanistan.

[Botany]

11. The fact that you stopped U.S. Troops from going after bin Laden @ toro boro

or that you were in such a hurry to get a war on in Iraq you dropped the ball in
Afghanistan might have something to do w/ the lack of sucess. @ first we were seen
as the good guys but by not getting the job done and getting out we are seen as one more
of a long line of outsiders who the Afghanis will fight to the death.

BTW The French have been stand up troops in Afghanistan too .... way to dis our allies.

[spanone]

12. it's kanye west's fault...that's it junior, blame it on everyone but yourself

[Blue Owl]

13. low-hanging fruit in Dubya's garden of rewritten history

Way to pass the blame onto others for the war YOU started, dipshit...