Jeb’s ugly Iraq revisionism: Laying the failure of his brother’s war on Obama

[DonViejo]

Jeb Bush says mistakes were made in Iraq, but his courageous brother fixed it all up before Obama ruined everything

SIMON MALOY

You got the feeling that Jeb Bush’s big foreign policy speech was going to be something special when, less than two minutes in, he attacked the Obama administration’s “approach to Iraq.” He meant to say “Iran,” and corrected himself a few seconds later, but that slip actually turned out to be a bit of foreshadowing. During the Q+A session that followed his prepared remarks, Bush briefly touched on the Iraq war (something he’d previously said he has no interest in revisiting) and deployed the passive voice in assessing the first several years of the misbegotten conflict started by his brother: “There were mistakes made in Iraq, for sure.” But in Jeb’s view, the ultimate failure of the Iraq adventure lies with – you guessed it – Barack Obama.

Here’s what Jeb said.

BUSH: Let’s go to Iraq. There were mistakes made in Iraq, for sure. Using the intelligence capability that everybody embraced about weapons of mass destruction was not – turns out not to be accurate. Not creating an environment of security after the successful taking out of Hussein was a mistake, because Iraqis wanted security most – more than anything else. But my brother’s administration, through the surge, which was one of the most heroic acts of courage, politically, that any president’s done, because there was no support for it. It was hugely successful and it created a stability that, when the new president came in, he could have built on to create a fragile but more stable situation that would not have allowed for the void to be filled. The void has been filled because we created the void.

If you’re looking for clue as to what Jeb Bush’s foreign policy views are, this is a pretty good one. Let’s skip past the mealy-mouthed, euphemism-heavy “criticisms” of the Bush administration for lying about pre-war intelligence and invading another country without giving any thought to the ensuing occupation. Jeb’s not going to come down too hard on his own brother for all those thousands of lives he destroyed, so there’s no utility in foisting that expectation on him.

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http://www.salon.com/2015/02/19/jebs_ugly_iraq_revisionism_laying_the_failure_of_his_brothers_war_on_obama/

[muntrv]

1. Jeb, go look for WMDs!

[onethatcares]

2. jeb, go look for

stability in Iraq

[Wellstone ruled]

3. This is the corner stone of

the Rethugs 2016 campaign. Legitimize Jebb's bona fida's by blaming Obama and deflecting the real truth away from the world's greatest War Crimes committed by a U.S. President. Namely George W. Bush and Richard Cheney. This story has been spun by NBC and their screaming Kiddy Corps every which way today. Telling us that Comcast is all in with this Turd.

[benld74]

4. Didn't W sign something allowing for the Iraqi's to govern themselves at a certain date?,,,,,

If so how convenient THAT was left out,,,,,,

[Octafish]

5. There it is.

Thank you, DonViejo.