Miss me yet?
Posted on 09/11/2014 11:55:19 AM PDT by GonzoII
A prophetic warning from then-President George W. Bush before he left office about what would happen if the U.S. withdrew troops from Iraq too soon is getting new attention in light of the Islamic State’s gains, as each of his predictions appears to be coming true.
Bush, as discussed on "The Kelly File," made the remarks in the White House briefing room on July 12, 2007, as he argued against those who sought an immediate troop withdrawal.
“To begin withdrawing before our commanders tell us we are ready would be dangerous for Iraq, for the region and for the United States,” Bush cautioned.
He then ticked off a string of predictions about what would happen if the U.S. left too early.
“It would mean surrendering the future of Iraq to Al Qaeda.
“It would mean that we’d be risking mass killings on a horrific scale.
“It would mean we allow the terrorists to establish a safe haven in Iraq to replace the one they lost in Afghanistan.
“It would mean we’d be increasing the probability that American troops would have to return at some later date to confront an enemy that is even more dangerous.”
Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen says all these predictions have come true.
“Every single thing that President Bush said there in that statement is happening today,” he told Fox News.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Did he attend and listen to his security briefings!?!
And still over half of Americans are so damn ignorant they will never under what works keeping the world safe. They seem to think that just ignore it and it will go away. Most Americans are damn fools. As long as they get their goodies why think.
understand = under
“Miss me yet?”
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Boy do I ever!
Yes, I know the Bush family is liberal, but I still would rather have George Bush as president than the clod we have now.
And along comes goofball Barry...
I saw this as well. I guess now he can say “I told you so”.
I said it before but I still believe Pres. Bush will be ranked just behind Reagan as history proves him right on so many things.
Bush would not stoop to that level—hahahahaha, besides Odingo has that job.
and Bush has kept silent when obama pulled out the troops and supported the terrorists. He and his dad pal around with Bill Clinton and show up for photo ops with obama.
Obama and gang are just ticked that it happened so quickly while they still had the keys to the bus.
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