H.W. Bush rips Chaney and Rumsfeld in new book

[SportsGuy41017]

EXCLUSIVE: HW Bush jabs at Cheney, Rumsfeld in new book | Fox News

[Hatz]

Sounds similar to my thoughts for years.

[Habib]

History will not be kind to Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld (and Douglas Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, and the rest of them).

[formerkywrestler]

History will not be kind to Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld (and Douglas Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, and the rest of them).

What about GWB? For a long time I've thought that history will be kind to him.

[75center]

Even Rumsfeld's mom doesn't like him.

[Habib]

What about GWB?

 

I don't know. I think despite being president, Bush comes off as something of a bystander in a lot of ways. While he was the "decider," Cheney, Rumsfeld and the rest were the "architects" of what has amounted to a string of the most disastrous foreign policy decisions in American history. And while Bush has some positive qualities to him - his seemingly good-natured personality, for instance - Cheney and the rest have exhibited precisely zero humility or capacity for introspection in the wake of their mistakes. They are incorrigible.

[formerkywrestler]

I've always thought GWB would have history shine favorably on him.

[Randy Parker]

I've always thought GWB would have history shine favorably on him.

 

I think it will to an extent, but the trifecta of Iraq, Katrina, & economic collapse will negate a lot of his positives associated with 9/11.

 

I do think he's a very likable guy, which helps. And the fact that he stays away from publicly commenting on his successor is to his benefit too.