Well timed regret by Bush
While reading this AP piece New War Demands New Training for Troops, my mind began to drift through all the incidents of "bad killings" in Iraq that have been charged by the military in the last month. There was yet another one yesterday charging two soldiers over the killing of an unarmed man in Ramadi.
But something in that article made me think of Bush's tough talk, "bring it on" and all that. So, curious, I did a little back checking, and guess what. Bush's statement of regret over his tough talk in the press conference with Tony Blair was made on May 25, just one day before the Haditha killings exploded as front page news.
It's almost like he knew the NYTimes front pager was coming and that his false bravado might have been perceived as contributing to the violence. That "day before" retraction is quite a coincidence, eh?
(Remember how he was lauded by the press for that expression of regret.)
But something in that article made me think of Bush's tough talk, "bring it on" and all that. So, curious, I did a little back checking, and guess what. Bush's statement of regret over his tough talk in the press conference with Tony Blair was made on May 25, just one day before the Haditha killings exploded as front page news.
It's almost like he knew the NYTimes front pager was coming and that his false bravado might have been perceived as contributing to the violence. That "day before" retraction is quite a coincidence, eh?
(Remember how he was lauded by the press for that expression of regret.)
posted by mikevotes at
7:17 AM
3 Comments:
Does this mean GW has admitted to a mistake? Has he started drinking again?
Maybe he should drink more. Being sober didn't stop him from blaring out one of the most idiotic examples of juvenile bravado I've seen from an adult in my lifetime.
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NYC Educator, at 7:50 AM
The press would have been beside themselves, congratulating George, had he made the apology the day after.
He made a tactical error there, but I'm not sure it is one that will work too often.
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Cartledge, at 8:02 AM
NYC Educator, I would parallel it as Bush saying his only regret from Katrina was using the phrase "overtopped," rather than tghe myriad and massive mistakes that lead to deaths.
Cartledge, I don't know. The day after, that might've been seen as an admission of guilt. Well notified the day before ("we're looking for a comment") it let him get all the plaudits and create the sequence in people's minds.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 9:18 AM
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