"I can't believe you're going to leave a soldier on the battlefield!"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Harsh words from a guy who never set foot on a battlefield, thanks to his 5 deferments.

November 08, 2010 11:00 AM
Bush was worried Cheney wouldn't be his friend if he didn't pardon Libby

By David

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/bush-friendship-cheney-was-stake-over-libby-

President George W. Bush's friendship with Vice President Cheney was stretched to the breaking point after the president refused to pardon I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby for lying in the Valerie Plame case.

Appearing in a interview on NBC Monday, the former president said that Cheney was furious over the decision.

"He wanted me to pardon him," Bush told NBC's Matt Lauer. "And this was a decision that -- a real life decision for the presidency, really. I chose to let the jury verdict stand after some serious deliberation. And the vice president was angry."

"You went to him and you told him," Lauer explained. "You said he was furious and he said, 'I can't believe you're going to leave a soldier on the battlefield?'"

"Yeah, he did," the president said.

But Bush said his relationship with Cheney has since recovered.