Bush accidentally tells the truth about Iraq.

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

Tweet text:

Sahil Kapur
@sahilkapur
Former President George W. Bush: “The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean of Ukraine.”


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6:01 PM · May 18, 2022

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. I see shrub hasn't gotten any smarter in retirement.

[Tickle]

2. lol I listened

also and thought he’s still dumb

[griffi94]

5. My exact thoughts lol

[PatSeg]

53. Certainly didn't get better with age

If anything, worse. And the audience laughed.

[Escurumbele]

18. Freudian slip...He knows he did something criminal.

[yaesu]

28. John Fugelsang tweeted its a Freudian Confession. nt

[sakabatou]

3. One wonders if he actually STILL believes invading Iraq was a good idea.

[Nevilledog]

4. I'm sure he doesn't give it a thought, at all.

[smb]

6. He Didn't Give It Any Thought Then; Why Would He Start Now? nt

[OMGWTF]

19. Cheney The Dick made $39.5B from their wars for fun and profit.

[AwakeAtLast]

40. And all I got was a husband with PTSD.

[Escurumbele]

21. He never believed invading Iraq was a good idea, he was following orders from Chaney and the rest.

Same with Collin Powell, he knew he was doing something wrong, that is why he went into almost obscurity after his time in GW's administration. I just wish he had left documentation behind telling the truth of what went on, and apologizing to the country.

[UTUSN]

7. K&R - *BIG* K&R!!!!!!

[uponit7771]

8. K&R,

[Solly Mack]

9. K&R

Oh, we know, Shrub. We know.

[diane in sf]

10. The man was cheney and his PNAC friends. He vastly enriched Halliburton and himself.

[OMGWTF]

20. THIS! THIS! THIS!

If there is ever a REAL investigation into the attacks of 9/11/01, PNAC should be Exhibit Fking A!

[MoonchildCA]

11. I thought that was a joke!

Oh my god! I can’t believe he actually said that! Incredible.

[MissMillie]

12. Well... as Homer would say...

"D'OH!"

[Carlitos Brigante]

13. Don't fucking laugh, you enabling dickwads. (Directed at the audience there). I see Capt.

Self awareness strikes again.

[mvd]

14. Sometimes the truth slips out

Oops..

[keep_left]

15. Freudian slip.

It's hard to believe how long ago that was now. Compared with the vulgar criminality of Drumpf, the "W" administration seems almost quaint.

[Music Man]

16. LOL, wow.

Freudian slip, indeed.

[Ferrets are Cool]

17. Wow, I know it was inadvertent, but this is priceless.

Jr IS a war criminal, just as is Putin.

[FoxNewsSucks]

22. War criminal who should be in jail.

Along with his fellow war criminals.

Fuck them all.

[xocetaceans]

25. Indeed. n/t

[Bluethroughu]

29. Totally agree.

[madinmaryland]

23. Has he been hitting the bottle again? He sounds way off.

That’s what happens when you mix booze and coke.

[speak easy]

31. he does sound WAY off

and he never had too much grey matter to begin with

[Laura PourMeADrink]

54. He seems to have a more pronounced slur

[xocetaceans]

24. W says "...of Iraq. I mean of Ukraine...heh...heh...Iraq. Anyway...uh.(crowd laughs)...75...uhh...."

How many dead and wounded and displaced on his account?

He ignored Richard Clarke. And on W's incompetent Administration went to forge catastrophic blunder after catastrophic blunder....

There's been no accountability for any of it; the ineptitude in office, invasion, torture, death, destruction, economic disaster, etc.

So, now, W pretends it's all just a joke, and his crowd laughs with him.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

33. What did the 75 mean?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

37. ...that's what I'm trying to figure out.

I think he is referencing his age as the reason for his "slip/confession"

https://www.today.com/video/hoda-and-jenna-video-chat-with-george-w-bush-on-his-75th-birthday-116130373507

[xocetaceans]

39. Yes, that's how I took it. It was his "excuse" for his statement. n/t

[xocetaceans]

38. He is 75 years old. n/t

[hedda_foil]

41. He was making a joke about his age -- 75.

[malaise]

50. THIS

Sickening

[yaesu]

26. I just saw this trending on twitter. this from John Fugelsang

George W. Bush didn't do a Freudian slip.
He did a Freudian Confession.

Link to tweet

I imagine Bush has a lot on his mind about the comparison of his invasion to putin's invasion, he knows he fucked up as will putin. As he gets older I think he will have a much harder time living with some of the terrible decisions he made. I'm not perfect & have made some bad decisions in the past but when you are president bad decisions cost lives, in his case, 100.s of thousands.

[malaise]

49. The worst part of this is that his audience found this lfunny

Nearly a million dead Iraqis and they laugh with this war criminal

[CrispyQ]

51. Probably the same crowd who laughed at his joke about not finding WMD in Iraq. -nt

[malaise]

52. This may be worse

This was at a church university

[Bluethroughu]

27. Babies were burning in the arms of their mothers and fathers...

and people laughed...I would have thrown my shoes at him.

[LudwigPastorius]

30. Damn, the Jack hasn't been kind to him.

Looks like he's been making up for missed opportunities now that he doesn't have to pretend to be sober.

[keithbvadu2]

32. Good memory. Spoke too soon... I mean, misspoke.

Good memory. Spoke too soon... I mean, misspoke.

[peppertree]

35. "You speak too soon, you can't speak again!"

"Or sumthin' like that..."

[peppertree]

34. "Our enemies never stop looking for ways to hurt America - and neither do we!"

[LetMyPeopleVote]

36. Freud would love to discuss this

[Kid Berwyn]

42. "Money trumps peace." -- George w Bush, Feb. 14, 2007

[Aussie105]

43. His description of what is wrong in Russia

sounds so much like the USA, I don't see much of a difference.

But 75?
Most people of that age still know the difference between Iraq and Ukraine. And Afghanistan. And Vietnam.

The US picks some good presidents.
Sometimes though, the process goes wrong. The 'checks and balances' thing he mentions?

[czarjak]

44. Yeah, "Anyway"? Rich White Guy gonna skate like always

[sarcasmo]

45. W. I did it for my daddy.

[Xolodno]

46. Hence why Putin and his cabal will...

...walk freely. If we can't hold our own to the fire, we sure as hell can't hold anyone else.

[True Dough]

47. Fitting theme music...

Link to tweet

[malaise]

48. Truth will out

Nearly a million Iraqis were slaughtered- I don’t plan to forget

[Emile]

55. I saw that on Morning Joe

this morning.

[librechik]

56. Man, W is the best for that sort of quip.

What a POS.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

57. A weak man...who never served and put men in harms way

and feels severe guilt about it, but won't really ever do anything about it.


SAD and pathetic, our soldiers deserved better

[Polybius]

58. He also said "The Ukraine"

A shame the Twitter account didn't quote him accurately.