George W. Bush slammed for comments on Taliban’s Afghanistan takeover: 'No contrition or self-awareness'
Former President George W. Bush has had a lot to say about the Taliban's victory in Afghanistan, which the far-right Islamist group now controls for the first time since 2001. And some of Bush's critics haven't been shy about pointing out the former president's foreign policy blunders.
Bush, in a statement earlier this week, lamented, "Our hearts are heavy for both the Afghan people who have suffered so much and for the Americans and NATO allies who have sacrificed so much." The former president also commented that, along with his wife Laura Bush, he has "been watching the tragic events unfolding in Afghanistan with deep sadness."
MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan was vehemently critical of Bush and the late Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld when he filled in for his colleague Chris Hayes this week, slamming the Bush Administration as a foreign policy nightmare. And Hasan is not alone in lambasting Bush.
"What happened on Bush's watch in Afghanistan was atrocious. Perhaps criminal."pic.twitter.com/Il4YQJcCyn— Mehdi Hasan (@Mehdi Hasan) 1629249179
Author Mikel Jollett tweeted:
Donald Trump ordered the unilateral withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, not Joe Biden.\n\nBut if you\u2019re really looking for someone to blame for the utter disaster, it\u2019s Dick Cheney and George W. Bush.pic.twitter.com/gWbnV1s71x— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel Jollett) 1629072059
Conservative attorney Boris Ryvkin commented:
And here I was foolishly hoping for even a half-hearted apology from Bush for embarking on a nation-building experiment that led to a costly and unwinnable quagmire. Silly me. No contrition or self-awareness at all.https://www.foxnews.com/politics/george-bush-former-first-lady-issue-statement-on-afghanistan-with-message-to-us-troops-veterans\u00a0\u2026— Boris Ryvkin (@Boris Ryvkin) 1629177786
Here are some more reactions to Bush's statements:
Twenty years, thousands of American live's lost and billions of taxpayer dollars spent, and now I'm sad to say I was right-we never should have invaded in the first place. We could have stayed another 10 years, lost even more lives and $ and results would still be the same.— TheLonelyVoice (@TheLonelyVoice) 1629110890
I was against war with Afghanistan. Kept hearing about bringing democracy and making life better for women, but always said that in the end it will just go back to being a wannabe 7th century country. The Afghans didn't want to fight, so it was a big waste of time and money.— TheLonelyVoice (@TheLonelyVoice) 1629110831
Don\u2019t forget this guy!!!pic.twitter.com/0PSiBiXvGO— Conveyed (@Conveyed) 1629081730
Thank you and Cheney and Bush made Billions in that war they can pay us back— Lynn Petronella FOUNDER ATHLETTES MEDIA (@Lynn Petronella FOUNDER ATHLETTES MEDIA) 1629075818
Donald Rumsfeld gets the biggest bulk of blame on this one.— Wendy Kroy (@Wendy Kroy) 1629129295
Trumpers have selective memorypic.twitter.com/ABeC533aJt— tajacu (@tajacu) 1629072485
Bush and Blair walking free for what they did, not just to the Afghans or Iraqis, but the many American and Allies lives lost, has to be one of the greatest injustices of modern times.— Sal Mus (@Sal Mus) 1629249692
