Bush Reaction to Report Worries Father's Aides

US News & World Report ^ | December 8 2006 | Kenneth T. Walsh

[rocksblues]

Read James Baker as one of the advisers.

[RobbyS]

This is the bunch who failed to handle Saddam in the 1980s. They used him to checkmate the Iranians, with whom we were engaged in a naval war of sorts in the Gulf. Then when he began to make demands on Kuwait, to get a better access to the sea, and on the Gulf states to get him a higher price for his oil, they failed to keep him from marching into Kuwait. The Other Gulf states were, of course, scared s......, and we were forced to bring all our force to bear in the Gulf to "maintain the balance of power" in the Gulf. Then we failed to make him live to the terms of his surrender.

[geopyg]

Except those are all good recommendations.

[jveritas]

Excellent. The President politely told the Iraq Surrender Group to go and pound sand, since he refused any of the surrender terms in the report.

[Sam Cree]

W's reaction is making me feel better.
Go Bush!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Best news I have read in a few days!

I was just thinking the same thing. Man oh man, and about time, too!

[HitmanLV]

The Iraq Study Group pulled some all-nighters and came up with an 'F' report! ;-)

[Victoria Delsoul]

F is right! LOL!!!

[HitmanLV]

;-)

[Victoria Delsoul]

As in F word.

[HitmanLV]

Whoa!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hey, I'm a year older and wiser.

[bannie]

Hey, bubba! There's a WAR goin' on! STHU, Tokyo Rose.

[HitmanLV]

Kudos and congrats! ;-)

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hahaha, thanks.

[Becki]

They consider him rather dismissive of the group's conclusions

Ya think?

Becki

[hinckley buzzard]

How the hell did we survive 88-92 with so many of these clowns in charge?

Well, fortunately the USSR was disintegrating at the time, and the islamofascists were just getting on their feet. Saddam provided entertaining TV drama with his largely useless "third largest army in the world." Given the times, and aside from Desert Storm, doing nothing but bloviating at our friends was probably the best policy.

[Killborn]

Fair enough. I think that Bush the elder was a lot smarter than his advisors. IT is still up to the PResidetn to come down with a final dcision. the current President surrounds himself with varying opinions from all sides and does what he beleive is best.

[kalee]

Same here. I would be worried if he had embraced them.

[Mamzelle]

Look at 'em, leaking already...LOL...