Gregory Grills Blair: Aren’t You, Bush Responsible for Current Islamic Extremism?

Mediaite ^ | 4/27/14 | Evan McMurry

[Nachum]

On Meet the Press Sunday morning, host David Gregory challenged former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to defend his and former President George W Bush’s decision to switch focus from the war in Afghanistan to the one in Iraq, asking if that simultaneously diverted resources from fighting the Taliban while radicalizing terrorist groups in Iraq and the rest of the Middle East.

“Isn’t the legacy of your leadership and that of President Bush in part responsible for the reality today?” Gregory asked. “Did the west fail to deal with the extremism you talk about today appropriately in Afghanistan in a sustainable way?”

“I think we did,” Blair said. “But I think we’ve got to recognize something very, very seriously. This is a long battle…This ideology is not going to be defeated by an engagement in Afghanistan, in Iraq, or even in these individual arenas. It’s going to be defeated over a long period of time.”

[Rome2000]

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[litehaus]

David,your wife was what, at where, during the collapse?

1. Big shot lawyer/counsel at an outfit that was going broke because of the CRA? (Guy named Cuomo shoved mtgs down their throat)?

2. Big shot lawyer/counsel at Fannie or Freddie garnering big time salary and bonuses from a going broke agency?

Helping Franklin Raines?( He got what? 90Million in bonuses?) Helping Johnson? Vouching for Bwanee Fwank being correct and truthful re those two agencies?

That was IS your wife, right??? Pulling down the big bucks OF TAXPAYERS while taxpayers got shafted!

[Eva]

No, it was not a misunderstanding of the Islam problem, it was an over confidence in his own charisma. Bush always underestimated his enemies’ hatred for him. Bush thought that he could win over anyone just by smiling and being friendly.