Former United States President George W. Bush has been embarrassed to describe the invasion of Iraq as a “barbaric and unjustifiable act,” referring to Russia’s military operation in neighboring Ukraine last February.
George W. Bush, in a speech at the presidential complex named after him and which includes a museum and library in Dallas, Texas, spoke in support of democracy and condemned Russia’s military operations.
“What he described as authoritarianism in Russia is the result of a lack of accountability and balance in Russia, and then the decision of one person to launch an unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq,” said George W. Bush.
But 75-year-old George W. Bush quickly realized his mistake, shook his head and explained: I mean Ukraine.
And when Bush Jr. breathed his last in the silence of the hall, the former president seemed to say, “And so is Iraq.” Then the audience laughed.
This “slip of the tongue” caused widespread interaction on social platforms, and pessimistic commentators said that when George W. Bush described the 2003 invasion as a “brutal and unjustified invasion,” even if he did so unintentionally. Be honest. .
Under Bush Jr., the United States launched an invasion of Iraq under the pretext of possessing weapons of mass destruction, but the fall of Baghdad confirmed Washington’s claims.
Reports indicate that the invasion of Iraq killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions of Iraqis, making them displaced and refugees.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has apologized for his involvement in the campaign against Iraq.
Critics of Bush Jr. blamed the invasion of Iraq for creating chaos in the country and then turned it into a fertile ground for the rise of the terrorist organization ISIS, which turned into an octopus of assassination and bloody attacks of various kinds. Countries of the world
Some commentators have relied on the words of the famous psychologist Sigmund Freud about the slip of the tongue, because he considers it “the expression of the innermost self,” even if it seems to be only a transient mistake, and that is what is true. They told George W. Bush.
Source: Lebanon Debate
