Bush Tells UK Paper He Regrets His Image As A War Monger

[babylonsister]

What is this, remorse? Too little, way too late!



President Bush regrets his legacy as man who wanted war

’I think that in retrospect I could have used a different tone, a different rhetoric’
Tom Baldwin and Gerard Baker in Ljubljana


President Bush has admitted to The Times that his gun-slinging rhetoric made the world believe that he was a “guy really anxious for war” in Iraq. He said that his aim now was to leave his successor a legacy of international diplomacy for tackling Iran.

In an exclusive interview, he expressed regret at the bitter divisions over the war and said that he was troubled about how his country had been misunderstood. “I think that in retrospect I could have used a different tone, a different rhetoric.”

Phrases such as “bring them on” or “dead or alive”, he said, “indicated to people that I was, you know, not a man of peace”. He said that he found it very painful “to put youngsters in harm’s way”. He added: “I try to meet with as many of the families as I can. And I have an obligation to comfort and console as best as I possibly can. I also have an obligation to make sure that those lives were not lost in vain.”

The unilateralism that marked his first White House term has been replaced by an enthusiasm for tough multilateralism. He said that his focus for his final six months in office was to secure agreement on issues such as establishing a Palestinian state and to “leave behind a series of structures that makes it easier for the next president”.

more...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4107327.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=2015164

[johnnie]

1. Fuck him

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Oh, fer Chrissake.

Notice his "regrets" are all about the image, not the reality. It's OK to condemn a million to death as long as you don't look like a cowboy while you're doing it.

[Octafish]

3. Warmonger and Traitor.

POS lied America into an illegal, immoral and disastrous war.

[ray of light]

4. hmmm...what incredible timing!!!! Wonder if Scotty's confession pushed this lie too!

[cyberpj]

5. But not the money his family and all his buddies made, I'm sure. nt

[stubtoe]

6. Time to go to the Legacy Laundromat!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

"I got the late night laundromat blues
Washing everything I own except my shoes"

[LisaM]

7. In Dennis's Article of Impeachment

did he list insanity and delusion as probable causes?

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

8. He does NOT regret waging a war of aggession or spying on Americans or,...

,...LYING about both, or authorizing WAR PROFITEERING or AUTHORIZING TORTURE or ENDANGERING NATIONAL SECURITY by exposing a CIA operation tracking proliferation or,....

,...oh, fuck it! His regrets,...that he didn't fuck this country up in a more friendly and convincing way is a reflection of just how fucked up HE IS!!!

Ew! I'm sorry for the language but that man,...does not comprehend either the concept of "regret" or just how much he SHOULD REGRET!!!!