George W Bush

Until now! By complete accident! Speaking at an event in Dallas about the state of democracy, Bush noted that Russian president Vladimir Putin has systemically ...

Then he shrugged his shoulders and muttered, “Iraq too,” before blaming the slip of the tongue on being 75. Many were and remain extremely angry about this, but, obviously, most of the individuals responsible have never admitted that the reason for the invasion and subsequent war was entirely baseless, that lives were taken in vain, and that the entire exercise, per U.S. intelligence agencies, became “the ‘cause célèbre’ for jihadists, breeding a deep resentment of U.S. involvement in the Muslim world and cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement.” Until now! If you lived through the early 2000s or know someone who did, you’re probably aware of the fact that the George W. Bush administration invaded Iraq on false pretenses, that troops stayed there for nearly a decade, and that the prolonged conflict resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people.

The former US president, who ordered the invasion of Iraq in 2003, made the blunder, branded "history's greatest Freudian slip", at an event on Wednesday.

"The result is an absence of checks and balances in Russia, and the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq." George W Bush has accidentally condemned the "unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq", an operation he ordered himself in 2003. The former US president, who ordered the invasion of Iraq in 2003, made the blunder, branded "history's greatest Freudian slip", at an event on Wednesday.

Former president George W Bush is facing criticism after describing the invasion of Iraq — which he led as commander in chief — as “brutal” and “wholly ...

“Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be here somewhere,” he joked. “If you were George W. Bush, you think you’d just steer clear of giving any speech about one man launching a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion,” former representative Justin Amash wrote on Twitter. “The result is an absence of checks and balances in Russia, and the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq — I mean of Ukraine,” Mr Bush said during a speech at his presidential centre in Dallas.

Former US President George W Bush mistakenly described the invasion of Iraq as "brutal" and "unjustified" before correcting himself to say he meant to refer ...

He tried referencing what he described as the "wholly unjustified and brutal invasion" — but said Iraq, instead of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/tw0VNJzKmE May 19, 2022 Former US President George W Bush mistakenly described the invasion of Iraq as "brutal" and "unjustified" before correcting himself to say he meant to refer to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "The result is an absence of checks and balances in Russia, and the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq," Mr Bush said, before correcting himself and shaking his head.

The former US President accidentally said "Iraq" when referring to Russia's "brutal and unjustified" decision to invade Ukraine.

"In contrast, Russian elections are rigged," Bush said. "Political opponents are imprisoned or otherwise eliminated from participating in the electoral process. But he stood by his decision to invade.