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| Former President George H.W. Bush raps Cheney, Rumsfeld in biography |
| 2015-11-05 |
| Former President George H.W. Bush takes some unexpected swipes at Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, key members of his son's administration, over their reaction to the Sept. 11 attacks, in a new biography of the 41st president, Fox News reported on Wednesday. In "Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey Of George Herbert Walker Bush," author Jon Meacham quotes Bush as saying that Cheney and Rumsfeld were too hawkish and that their harsh stance damaged the reputation of the United States, the cable news network said. I wonder what he says about the Girl Friday? |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #5 could push back on the media's whine about 'piling on' the 'Highway of Death' by pointing out the destruction of Falaise Gap in the Nazi retreat out of Normandy All we did was beat up on the jayvee team; the Republican Guard had pretty much already crossed back into Iraq and was heading for Baghdad. As for rest, it wasn't "war." It was an achievement of a strictly defined objective established among a relatively shaky coalition; one that was already fraying by the time the Iraqis began leaving Kuwait. Somebody like OldSpook could probably tell you more about the aftermath in Iraq. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-11-05 15:08 |
| #4 When the hundred hour war stopped my work buddies were cheering. I was screaming "No, no, no. When the enemy is down, you beat him silly." I knew that we would be back sooner or later. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2015-11-05 12:51 |
| #3 ..and was wrapped up with the magic of the concept of a "Hundred hour war". Who could push back on the media's whine about 'piling on' the 'Highway of Death' by pointing out the destruction of Falaise Gap in the Nazi retreat out of Normandy. You kill the bastards. That's war. You don't make it kinder, gentler. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-11-05 09:15 |
| #2 This from a man who took has foreign policy advice from Brent Scowcroft! |
| Posted by: Beldar Phinese2093 2015-11-05 09:06 |
| #1 Bush takes some unexpected swipes at Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld If there was no dental damage, the 'swipe' was not aggressive enough. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-11-05 06:50 |