there's a great portrait of george h.w. bush and his son george george w. bush, and artist that painted a portrait. it was kind of confusing though george w. bush post this way, george w. bush poses way. he said i-40 when he's 43. a gust of confusing the artist at heart he won, 43. it was the way to distinguish them. >> president clinton told me once, actual i think his chief of staff told me this, that i think it was 43 who called president clinton 42 once and the president clinton, it made his day. he told his staff oh, my gosh, -- pretty sure it was 43 who called in that. he just called me 42. i'm now like a member of the family. which i thought was very funny. >> so president bush was reagan's vice president for eight years, and there's question here about, you know, they were adversaries and i'm not sure that president bush ever thought he would be picked for the vp, the talk a little bit about how that relationship grew between the two of them. >> well, i should point out, who have asked the question i apologize, that predates my book and it predates

bush and his son george w. bush the artist who painted the portrait. it was confusing george w. bush you need to post this way, george bush finally said i'm 41, he's 43 and he said i can't. prime it got so confusing the artist did 41 and 43 because it was the way to distinguish them. >> president clinton told me once, i think it was chief of staff told me this that i think it was 43 who called president clinton 42 once and president clinton, it made his day. he told his staff all my gosh, i'm pretty sure it was 43 he called him back, he just called me 42, i am like a member of the family now, i thought that was funny. >> so president bush was reagan's vice president for eight years and is a question about, they were adversaries and i'm not sure president bush ever thought he would be picked for vp but talk about how that relationship grew between the two of them. >> i should say weber asked the question, i apologize, it predates my book and it predates when i was in president bush's inner circle so i know the answer, i do just from being around for 25 years, president reagan sor

bush and his son george w. bush and it was confusing for george w. bush. george bush finally said i'm 41 and he's 43. brenly got so confusing they just said 41 and 43 as a way to distinguish them are. his chief of staff told me i think it was 43 who called president clinton 42 once and president clinton had made his day. he told the staff oh my gosh. i'm pretty sure was 43 who called in that. he said now i'm a member of the family. >> president bush was reagan's vice president for eight years and there's a question here about they were adversaries and i'm not sure president bush ever thought he would be picked for vp but talk about how that relationship grew between the two of them. >> i should point out and i apologize it predates my book and it predates when i was in president bush's inner circle so i know the answer, i do just from being around for 25 years. president reagan wanted george bush to be his veep p. candidate in the 11th hour at the republican convention. historians among you will remember it was former president ford to encourage a man that

there's a great story about, there's a great portrait of george h.w. bush and his son, george w. bush, and the artist that painted that portrait. and it was kind of confusing though, george w. bush saying you need to pose this way. i think george bush finally said i'm 41, he's 43. and the artist said, i can't call you -- and finally it got so confusing that the artist said 4 1, 43 was the way to distinguish them. >> president clinton told me once, or actually i think his chief of staff told me this, that i think it was 43 who called president clinton 42 once, and president clinton, it made his day. he told his staff, oh, my you know, i, i'm pretty sure it was 43 who called him that. he just called me 42. i'm now like a member of the family. >> yeah. >> which i thought was very funny. >> so president bush was reagan's vice president for eight years, and there's a question here about, you know, they were adversaries. i'm not sure that president bush ever thought he would be picked for the vp, but talk a little bit about how that relationship grew between the two of them. >> well, i

great portrait have george hw bush and his son george w. bush. and the artist who painted that portrait, and is kind of him accusing, georgia be bush setting by george w. bush and you need to post this way and george bush, i'm 41 and he is 43 and the artist said boy can't call you then and finally got so confusing that he said okay 41 and 43. and it the way to distinguish them. jean: he told me once, chief of staff actually told me that i think it was 43 who called president clinton 42 months and that president clinton and made his day and he told his staff, oh my gosh, i'm pretty sure it was 43 who called him without any said he just called me 42 and. now i'm a member of the family. i thought that was very funny. warren: so president bush was bragg's vice president for eight years and is a question her about there were adversaries. and i'm not sure the president bush ever thought he would be picked for the vp. talk about how that relationship grew between the two of them. jean: i should point out and apologize, predates from when i was in presid

george w. bush was very, very slow. people assumed he would stay low because of the great recession because of the iraq war which was unpopular because what some people saw a foreign policy suddenly is rising, why? people start reflecting differently. he responded very well to george w. bush. why the decency factor. this past year bill clinton and richard nixon fell some spots. you have to say why? i think because watergate was in the news so frequently. because of the lewinsky affair was being talked about during the double impeachments of trump. and this little spiel by saying nancy pelosi said during the impeachment to trump many democrats have said we are going to paint trump and history. were not going to remove him from office but there'll be a dent in his armor. this ship poll shows the dent. when you have a double impeachment of a president's pretty hard to see why people are going to be looking at that as being successful uniting of the nation. >> plenty to talk about in these two hours of the "washington journ

the supreme court has ruled that george w. bush did win the election. the recount is over and vice president al gore is scheduled to give a concession speech to the nation. president bush calls me before the speech and says as soon as possible each is done i would like to call al gore and talk to him. it was in the evening. as respectfully as i could i said sir, i'm not sure that you are the person vice president gore needs to hear from tonight. to hear from anyone named bush as a father of the man who just defeated him i said are you sure you want to call him and he said i have been where al gore is. i know what he's about ready to do and i know what he's feeling and i would like to call and talk to him when he's done so i told him i said well i will call the white house operators, the best way to reach is through the switchboard and that made him very happy. he said i will call the operator when the speech is done. you don't have to worry about it. so i watched the vice president speech. i'm watching him come out of the building and get in the car. i'

george w. bush was very, very slow. people assumed he would stay low because of the great recession because of the iraq war which was unpopular because what some people saw a foreign policy suddenly is rising, why? people start reflecting differently. he responded very well to george w. bush. why the decency factor. this past year bill clinton and richard nixon fell some spots. you have to say why? i think because watergate was in the news so frequently. because of the lewinsky affair was being talked about during the double impeachments of trump. and this little spiel by saying nancy pelosi said during the impeachment to trump many democrats have said we are going to paint trump and history. were not going to remove him from office but there'll be a dent in his armor. this ship poll shows the dent. when you have a double impeachment of a president's pretty hard to see why people are going to be looking at that as being successful uniting of the nation. >> plenty to talk about in these two hours of the "washington journ

this has gone all the way back to george w bush. i think this is a really _ way back to george w bush. i think this is a really strong _ way back to george w bush. i think this is a really strong front - way back to george w bush. i think this is a really strong front page - this is a really strong front page and it's— this is a really strong front page and it's really fair, when the daily mail talks— and it's really fair, when the daily mail talks about translators hiding in fear. _ mail talks about translators hiding in fear. it— mail talks about translators hiding in fear, it sticks in the cross a bit. _ in fear, it sticks in the cross a hit. this— in fear, it sticks in the cross a bit, this analysis ofjoe biden. yes, _ bit, this analysis ofjoe biden. yes. there _ bit, this analysis ofjoe biden. yes, there have been for us presidents involved, but it is his misjudgment and failure of leadership, i would say, that has led to— leadership, i would say, that has led to the — leadership, i would say, that has led to the sc

more americans blame george w. bush for america's failure in afghanistan than any other president. 38% rate bush as the most responsible. 19% said donald trump. 12% said barack obama. this is according to an insider poll on fox news, sean hannity's program. donald trump wasn't afraid to point the finger back to george w. bush or the united states intervention in the middle east. here's what he had to say on the handy program last night. >> we took this horrible place. a place that we shouldn't have been involved with. it was a horrible decision, going into the middle east. i know the bush family will not be happy, but i believe it was the worst decision in history of our country, but we decided to go into the middle east. it turned out to be quicksand. we have destroyed the middle east, and is a bigger disaster now than it was 20 years ago. it was a horrible decision. it cost trillions of dollars. i like to look at both sides. millions of lives. it's no different than it was. it is much worse. it has been blown to

some polls are now showing that joe biden's handling of afghanistan is less popular than george w bush's handling of afghanistan. and we now have a situation where a senator bob menendez, representing the u. s. foreign relations committee of the senate. he's coming forward with this statement. the events of recent days have been the combination of a series of mistakes made by republican and democratic administrations over the past 20 years, including the trumpet, ministrations, flawed negotiations with the taliban. and the biden administration's florida execution of the us withdraw. the committee will seek a full accounting for these shortcomings. now, republicans are being far less forgiving. they say that jo biden's decision to rapidly pull out of afghanistan is harming the united states, discrediting the country, hurting relations with allies. there's been a fire storm of anger from the republican side of the aisle this biden administration. so they plan for every scenario. they told us to day prior that koval. ready cobble was not imminent, he told us less than a month before that th

our sister china r t. america put the whole last gun issue up for debate. former president george w bush issued a statement on this. he said that he felt, quote, deep sadness at the return to power by the taliban, and called biden's withdraw. these are all quote, he said, a mistake and unbelievably bad. we really began to lose the war in afghanistan in 2003 when he diverted attention to iraq. and instead of focusing on afghanistan, as we got deeper, deeper into iraq, afghanistan became known as the forgotten war. and people were wondering what's going on with that war ended by the way. and that allowed taliban to begin to creep back in. and because all resources, all attention was thereby focused on iraq trying to trying to nation building and regime change. nation building, which were really, really crappy at rather by the way. and we need to get out of that business all together. and we, we fail. we failed in both countries. now we've got nothing but total disasters in both countries and over $60000000.00 worth of expenditure, not to mentioned the treasure of life and limb of countless

some polls are now showing that joe biden handling of afghanistan is less popular than george w bush's handling of afghanistan. and we now have a situation where a senator bob menendez, representing the u. s. foreign relations committee of the senate. he's coming forward with this statement. the events of recent days have been the combination of a series of mistakes made by republican and democratic administrations over the past 20 years, including the trumpet, ministrations, flawed negotiations with the taliban. and the biden administration's florida execution of the us withdraw. the committee will seek a full accounting for these shortcomings. now, republicans are being far less forgiving. they say that jo biden's decision to rapidly pull out of afghanistan is harming the united states, discrediting the country, hurting relations with allies. there's been a fire storm of anger from the republican side of the aisle. this biden administration said they planned for every scenario. they told us to day prior that coble. ready cobble was not imminent, he told us less than a month before th

some polls are now showing that joe biden's handling of afghanistan is less popular than george w bush's handling of afghanistan. we now have a situation where a senator bob menendez, representing the u. s. foreign relations committee of the senate. he's coming forward with this statement. the events of recent days have been the culmination of a series of mistakes made by republican and democratic administrations over the past 20 years, including the trumpet, ministrations floored negotiations with the taliban. and the biden administration's florida execution of the u. s. withdraw. the committee will seek a full accounting for these shortcomings. now, republicans are being far less forgiving. they say that jo biden's decision to rapidly pull out of afghanistan is harming the united states, discrediting the country, hurting relations with allies. there's been a fire storm of anger from the republican side of the aisle this byron administration. so they plan for every scenario. they told us to day prior that coble. ready cobble was not imminent, he told us less than a month before that thi

just as george w. bush wanted _ his family. just as george w. bush wanted to— his family. just as george w. bush wanted to start this war 20 years a-o wanted to start this war 20 years ago because there was unfinished business — ago because there was unfinished business from his father's own iegacy~ — business from his father's own iegacy~ it _ business from his father's own legacy. it struck me really power for tonight. the front page of your own paper, — for tonight. the front page of your own paper, refugees and us marines murdered _ own paper, refugees and us marines murdered side by side. and would be refugees, people who want to be refugees, people seeking refuge but did not make it. the terrible thing _ refuge but did not make it. tte: terrible thing about what refuge but did not make it. tt2 terrible thing about what is happening out there and the chaos of this is you have these large crowds of people running about, it is disorganised, it is chaotic. and unfortunately, when you have the security situation that's as volatile as it is in afghanistan, it is catn

harry truman was a great hero to george w. bush. the problem is if you're on a wrong policy, the buck doesn't just stop there. i'm the decider. and biden just got completely unspooled off his game. it's really been shocking to see but history will show george w. bush misled america after n9/11. we went into afghanistan and chased the afghan insurgents of alibi -qaeda and had a battle o bora bora but we went into iraq and we shouldn't have gone into iraq because bush wanted saddam hus hussein's head on a platter and saw there were weapons of mass destruction and there weren't. george w. bush gets low marks for handling of iraq and afghanistan. barack obama did better using drones, operation neptune spear that got osama bin laden and donald trump spent four years trying to get out unable to but not wanting to bring afgtghan knees to the united states as part of his anti immigration type of rhetoric. and biden came in and kind of stumbled into this this summer sped up the time of pullout. it was done in the middle of the summer when we

until a long came george w bush and his crew. and they pulled the treaty. and then you saw rush say, well the man, we're going to have the new types of weapons we do because we can't expose ourselves. if you haven't did were the means you can strike us 1st and with no capacity like that because you have a defense. so a, we think it encourages the 1st like, but be in the is the only thing we can do depends we have many, many what you have. so then you then are still hesitant to come after us. so we spent a very destabilizing factor and you wouldn't want missile defense anyway, even if it did work because of those reasons. but the more credible part of this is we said $400000000000.00 kind of develop a system since i was that has never proven and so credible it isn't reliable, it doesn't work. it's only past night not making a lot of 19 tests. even those test split. so there's not realistic world conditions . and just it's not gonna work out. we physically can't work people with hearings on businesses. we come in and say this idea of having a system that work

also the channel out, the americans put the issue up to debate. former president george w bush issued a statement on this. he said that he felt, quote, deep sadness at the return to power by the taliban, and called biden's withdraw. these are all quote, he said, a mistake and unbelievably bad. we really began to lose the war in afghanistan in 2003 when he diverted attention to iraq. and instead of focusing on afghanistan as we got deeper, deeper and iraq, afghanistan became known as the forgotten war. and people were wondering what's going on with that war ended by the way. and that allowed taliban to begin to creep back in. and because all resources, all attention was thereby focused on iraq trying to trying to nation building and regime change. nation building, which were really, really crappy at the, by the way, and we need to get out of that business all together. and we, we failed. we failed in both countries. now we've got nothing but total disasters in both countries and over $60000000.00 worth of expenditure, not to mentioned the treasure of life and limb of countless american

so a long came george w bush and his crew, and they pulled the treaty and then you saw rush say, well then there were going to have the new types of weapons we do because we can't expose ourselves. if your system ever did work, that means you can strike us 1st and with no capacity like that because you know the defense. so a, we think it encourages the 1st like, but be in the is the only thing we can do depends we have many, many, whether you have so then you then are still hesitant to come after us. so we spent a very destabilizing factor and you wouldn't want missile defense anyway, even if it didn't work because of those reasons. but the more credible part of this is we spent $400000000.00 trying to develop a system since i was that has never, you know, food and so credible is reliable. it doesn't work. it's only past night. not making a lot of 19 tests. even those tests, so they're not realistic world conditions and just is not going to work it out. we physically can't work people with hearings out of businesses. we can then say this idea of having a system that work is more the o

harry truman was a great hero to george w. bush. the problem is if you're on a wrong policy, the buck doesn't just stop there. i'm the decider. and biden just got completely unspooled off his game. it's really been shocking to see but history will show george w. bush misled america after 9/11. we went into afghanistan and chased the afghan insurgents of al-qaeda and had a battle of bora bora but we went into iraq and we shouldn't have gone into iraq because bush wanted saddam hussein's head on a platter and saw there were weapons of mass destruction and there weren't. george w. bush gets low marks for handling of iraq and afghanistan. barack obama did better using drones, operation neptune spear that got osama bin laden and donald trump spent four years trying to get out unable to but not wanting to bring afghan knees to the united states as part of his anti immigration type of rhetoric. and biden came in and kind of stumbled into this this summer sped up the time of pullout. it was done in the middle of the summer when we just had

george w. bush believed he could do the impossible. our next guest is someone who paid a heavy price in the war that george w. bush started. dan is a west point graduate who was a u.s. army infantry platoon leader in afghanistan in 2009. in a washington post article he wrote, quote, the awful scenes we are now witnessing were inevitable. inevitable is the same word that the republican white house press secretary used in 1975 to describe the fall of saigon and the fran sick, chaotic final days of the american evacuation from vietnam, inevitable. the day after the final helicopter left vietnam when the white house press secretary was asked how many people were evacuated, he said, quote, there is no complete count of the number of people we were able to evacuate. no complete count. that was the official white house count. no complete count. press secretary said, quote, as many were evacuated as was realistically possible, and everyone knew that thousands of people were left behind. and everyone knew there was nothing we could do about tha

george w. bush believes he could do the impossible. our next guest is someone who paid a heavy price in the war that george w. bush started. dan brush and, ski is a west point graduate, who is a u.s. army infantry platoon leader in afghanistan, in 2009, and in a washington post article he wrote, the awful scenes we are now witnessing, were inevitable. inevitable is the same word that the republican white house press secretary used in 1975, to describe the fall of, saigon and the frantic chaotic final days of the american evacuation from vietnam. inevitable. the day after the final helicopter left vietnam, when the white house press secretary was asked, how many people were evacuated, he said quote, there is no complete count, of the number of people, we were able to evacuate, no complete count, that was the official white house count, no complete count. the press secretary said quote, as many were evacuated as was realistically possible. and everybody knew, that thousands of people were left behind. and everyone knew that there was not

and jack served under president george w. bush first as a special counsel to the department of defense from 2002 - 2003 and then as head of the office of legal counsel the justice department in 2003 - 2004. now professor at harvard law school, is also cofounder l'affaire in written previous books one a firsthand account of legal battling in the bush and ministration over territory imposing actions in there about the disappearance of jimmy hoffa and jack's relationship with his own stepfather was a prime suspect in the disappearance. involve service white house counsel to president obama, 2010 - 2011 and was a senior advisor to joe biden's campaign. he's professor at nyu law school and the codirector there of the legislative and regulatory process clinic. and jack and bob's book came out last fall before it was known whether or not trump would win a second term. another these out of office, the book is especially relevant to today's national discussion over how to repair the better institution trump left behind. books basic pr

that survey notes more americans blame former president george w. bush for america's failure in afghanistan than any other president who succeeded him. 38% ranked bush is the most responsible. 27% said joe biden. 19% said donald trump. 12% said barack obama. yesterday on fox news on sean hannity's program, former president donald trump was not afraid to point the finger all the way back to george w. bush for the united states' intervention in the middle east. [video clip] >> think of it. we took this horrible place, a place that we should not have been involved. it was a horrible decision going into the middle east. i know the bush family will not be happy, but i believe it was the worst decision in the history of our country when we decided to go into the middle east. it has turned out to be quicksand. we have destroyed the middle east. it was a horrible decision that cost us trillions of dollars. if you look at both sides, millions of lives. it is no different than it was. it is worse. the worst decision ever made was going. you can do a strike as

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george w. bush and laura bush just issuing a statement on the fall of afghanistan and it says in part, the united states government has the legal authority to cut the red time for refugees during urgent humanitarian crisis and we have the responsibility and the resources to secure safe passage for them now without bureaucratic delay. our most stalwart allies along with private ngo's are ready to go. the bushes have a long history with afghanistan. this is personal for them. >> absolutely. george w. bush has gotten a lot of criticism and rightfully so for his managing of the war in afghanistan. listening to liz cheney and donald rumsfeld. here president biden is calling it straight. we at all costs have to bring our allies into the united states. these are the people who fought for democracy. they're our friends. and whether it is 20,000, 30,000 or more we could all be saying, look, the war ended. this is a good thing. the contingency plans unraveled. nobody knows what's going on. it's chaos. we

george w. bush in 2001. congress authorized military action on september 18, 2001 after the 9/11 attacks. was it worth fighting? that is our question. take a look at business insider. a pole they did, americans rank george w. bush as the president most responsible for the outcome of the afghanistan war. this was from august 17. another piece in the guardian written by the former prime minister of england, you heard george w. bush reference england going to war with us in afghanistan. tony blair is condemning the dangerous u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. in a lengthy essay published on his website, the former prime minister who ordered british troops to join the invasion said the withdrawal has been a tragic and unnecessary decision that undermines the west's aims. he accused biden of being -- as if our engagement was compared to our commitment 20 or 10 years ago. let's hear from you. you say yes, it has been worth fighting. i'll come to the conversation. caller: good morning. my comment is the war in the b

starting with president george w. bush. joining us now is host of deadline white house, nicolle wallace. she's a veteran of that bush white house. nicolle, good to see you. what was the discussion? take us back to those days in 2001? the room where it happens, as they say. what was the discussion in the room about the possibility of success in this country? because for many americans watching this tonight, it has the feeling of a greek tragedy. an inevitable outcome that finally happened. was there a feeling that this outcome could have been avoided? that this was a winnable war? >> yeah, i think 20 years ago and more recently, 16 years ago and 12 years ago, presidents bush and obama had such a different view on what was possible. it was president obama who was for the afghan surge. one of the more interesting aspects of working for john mccain when his rival in the democratic party was for an afghan surge and john mccain was viewed as the hawk there. then president trump's promise was to get out of afghanistan and in a lot

george w. bush in 2001. congress authorized military action on september 18, 2001 after the 9/11 attacks. was it worth fighting? that is our question. take a look at business insider. a pole they did, americans rank george w. bush as the president most responsible for the outcome of the afghanistan war. this was from august 17. another piece in the guardian written by the former prime minister of england, you heard george w. bush reference england going to war with us in afghanistan. tony blair is condemning the dangerous u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. in a lengthy essay published on his website, the former prime minister who ordered british troops to join the invasion said the withdrawal has been a tragic and unnecessary decision that undermines the west's aims. he accused biden of being -- as if our engagement was compared to our commitment 20 or 10 years ago. let's hear from you. you say yes, it has been worth fighting. i'll come to the conversation. caller: good morning. my comment is the war in the b

let's bring in general mark kimmitt — who served under president george w bush as assistant secretary of state for political military affairs. the president was focused on the decision to leave afghanistan. there's a difference between the decision and the execution of that decision. a lot of the criticism has been the decision to move back 7000 us troops, to evacuate people who were still stranded.— were still stranded. well, you actually took _ were still stranded. well, you actually took my _ were still stranded. well, you actually took my nature - were still stranded. well, you - actually took my nature impression away~ _ actually took my nature impression away~ this — actually took my nature impression away. this was a classic red herring speech _ away. this was a classic red herring speech. what we are talking about or why he _ speech. what we are talking about or why he was_ speech. what we are talking about or why he was on the podium had absolutely nothing to do with the decision— absolutely nothing to do with the decision to withdraw. every president has wanted to with

do you think the george w bush administration was transparent at the time of 911-2001? i don't actually have an issue with the bush, family and pen as president senior and junior ice di i think it stems way back when there was oppertunity to do things that didn't happen. so you know, i don't think i don't blame anyone. i think there was people to blame, but i don't think is one particular person or one president. i think it goes way back. i think it goes back to the 93 bombing of the world trade center. i think it goes back to you know, back what i mean. i didn't even know what a terrorist status. so i think this goes way back and it's bigger than we really can conceptualized because, you know, we need our leaders to be our guidance. you know, they're, they're the president for a reason. so i always feel that we have to have faith in that and i know that sometimes we find out things that we don't want to know and you talk about funding, things you don't want to know, are you sure you want to know what could be released from a new investigation and all these documents i

i mean george w. bush has gotten a lot of criticism and rightfully so for his managing of the war in afghanistan. listening too much to dick cheney and donald rumsfeld, but what you just read is exactly right. here ex-president bush is calling it straight. we at all costs have to bring our afghan allies into the united states. these are the people who fought for democracy. they're our friends. and, you know, whether it's 20,000, 30,000, or more, i think history will determine how this all went because this is our longest war. we could all be saying, don, look, the war ended, this is a good thing. but the contingency plans unraveled. nobody knows what's going on. it's chaos. but we might be able to turn this into a positive if we show we don't leave people behind like gerald ford did during the vietnam war, bringing the vietnamese, our friends, into america. >> before the president spoke today, douglas, former defense secretary leon panetta said he should take responsibility like jfk did after the bay

some polls are now showing that joe biden handling of afghanistan is less popular than george w bush's handling of afghanistan. and we now have a situation where a senator bob menendez, representing the u. s. foreign relations committee of the senate. he's coming forward with this statement. the events of recent days have been the combination of a series of mistakes made by republican and democratic administrations over the past 20 years, including the trumpet, ministrations floored negotiations with the taliban, and the biden administration's flawed execution of the u. s. withdraw. the committee will seek a full accounting for these shortcomings. now, republicans are being far less forgiving. they say that jo biden's decision to rapidly pull out of afghanistan is harming the united states, discrediting the country, hurting relations with allies. there's been a fire storm of anger from the republican side of the aisle this biden administration. so they plan for every scenario. they told us to day prior that coble cobble was not eminent. he told us less than a month before that this wou

our sister tunnel r t. america, but the issue up for debate, former president george w bush issued a statement on this. he said that he felt, quote, deep sadness at the return to power by the taliban, and called biden's withdraw. these are all quote, he said, a mistake and unbelievably bad. we really began to lose the war in afghanistan in 2003 when he diverted attention to iraq. and instead of focusing on afghanistan, as we got deeper, deeper into iraq, afghanistan became known as the forgotten war. and people were wondering what's going on with that war ended by the way. and that allowed taliban to begin to creep back in. and because all resources, all attention was thereby focused on iraq trying to trying to nation building and regime change. nation building, which were really, really crappy at rather by the way. and we need to get out of that business altogether. and we, we fail. we failed in both countries. now we've got nothing but total disasters in both countries and over $60000000.00 worth of expenditure, not to mentioned the treasure of life and limb of countless americans

our sister tunnel r t. america put the whole issue up for debate. former president george w bush issued a statement on this. he said that he felt, quote, deep sadness at the return to power by the taliban, and called biden's withdraw. these are all quote, he said, a mistake and unbelievably bad. we really began to lose the war in afghanistan in 2003 when he diverted attention to iraq. and instead of focusing on afghanistan as we got deeper, deeper and iraq, afghanistan became known as the forgotten war. and people were wondering what's going on with that war ended by the way. and that allowed taliban to begin to creep back in. and because all resources, all attention was thereby focused on iraq trying to trying to nation building and regime change. nation building, which were really, really crappy at the, by the way, and we need to get out of that business all together. and we, we failed. we failed in both countries. now we've got nothing but total disasters in both countries and over $60000000.00 worth of expenditure, not to mentioned the treasure of life and limb of countless american

let's put the issue are pretty backed . former president george w bush issued a statement on this. he said that he felt, quote, deep sadness at the return to power by the taliban, and called biden's withdraw. these are all quote, he said, a mistake and unbelievably bad. we really began to lose the war in afghanistan in 2003 when he diverted attention to iraq. and instead of focusing on afghanistan, as we got deeper, deeper into iraq, afghanistan became known as the forgotten war. and people were wondering what's going on with that war ended by the way. and that allowed taliban to begin to creep back in. and because all resources, all attention was thereby focused on iraq kind of trying to nation building and regime change. nation building, which were really, really crappy at rather by the way. and we need to get out of that business altogether. and we, we fail. we failed in both countries. now we've got nothing but total disasters in both countries and over $60000000.00 worth of expenditure, not to mentioned the treasure of life and limb of countless americans and others that have

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let's put the issue up for debate. former president george w bush issued a statement on this. he said that he felt, quote, deep sadness at the return to power by the taliban, and called biden's withdraw. these are all quote, he said, a mistake and unbelievably bad. we really began to lose the war in afghanistan in 2003 when he diverted attention to iraq. and instead of focusing on afghanistan, as we got deeper, deeper into iraq, afghanistan became known as the forgotten war. and people were wondering what's going on with that war ended by the way and that allowed taliban to begin to creep back in. and because all resources, all attention was thereby focused on iraq trying to try to nation building and regime change. nation building, which were really, really crappy at rather by the way. and we need to get out of that business altogether. and we, we fail. we failed in both countries. now we've got nothing but total disasters in both countries and over $60000000.00 worth of expenditure, not to mentioned the treasure of life and limb of countless americans and others that have be

i supported, i did not support the war in iraq, george w. bush war in iraq. i supported attacking the taliban after osama bin laden killed 3,000 americans on our own soil. however, what we did was screw up just like we did in vietnam, just like we did in iraq, just like we did in latin america before that. our foreign policy has never been thought out. the problem is it is not so much we went in, it is that we went in and made friends with the most corrupt people we could possibly find, as long as they were our people, we were willing to contribute to the corruption. we needed to get out and needed not to get bogged down in what we always do. it is a disservice to our military, i think the civilian leadership, not biden so much, i give biden credit for getting us out. it was an untenable situation. we put our military in terrible position because the political leadership of four administrations kept doing the same old damn thing we have done for 100 years in american foreign policy. i give biden a lot of credit for getting us out. i am upset we left a lot of

w bush's white house. i asked him whether he was surprised by the taliban's rapid gains. i really am and i think any military observer would be surprised as well. it's not unprecedented throughout history to see this type of collapse but with a force that we've trained so well and that we've put so much time and effort into, it is coming to a surprise. and against this backdrop of america and its allies rushing now to evacuate citizens, we've heard from a number of people in the international community, former generals as well and also from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell who called biden�*s afghanistan policy "reckless" and is urging president biden to roll back on this and send more troops into afghanistan. is that a view that you share? it really is. i went through the experience of iraq withdrawal in 2011. that was done quite methodically and carefully but within a couple of years, isis came across the borders. and at that point, the entire iraqi army collapsed and it wasn't until the american

some polls are now showing that joe biden handling of afghanistan is less popular than george w bush's handling of afghanistan. and we now have a situation where a senator bob menendez, representing the u. s. foreign relations committee of the senate. he's coming forward with this statement. the events of recent days have been the combination of a series of mistakes made by republican and democratic administrations over the past 20 years, including the trumpet, ministrations floored negotiations with the taliban. and the biden administration's florida execution of the us withdraw. the committee will seek a full accounting for these shortcomings. now, republicans are being far less forgiving. they say that jo biden's decision to rapidly pull out of afghanistan is harming the united states, discrediting the country, hurting relations with allies. there's been a fire storm of anger from the republican side of the aisle this biden administration. so they plan for every scenario. they told us to day prior that coble. ready cobble was not imminent, he told us less than a month before that th

some polls are now showing that joe biden was handling of afghanistan is less popular than george w bush's handling of afghanistan. and we now have a situation where a senator bob menendez, representing the u. s. foreign relations committee of the senate. he's coming forward with this statement. the events of recent days have been the combination of a series of mistakes made by republican and democratic administrations over the past 20 years, including the trumpet, ministrations floored negotiations with the taliban. and the biden administration's floor execution of the u. s withdraw. the committee will seek a full accounting for these shortcomings. now republicans are being far less forgiving. they say that jo biden's decision to rapidly pull out of afghanistan is harming the united states, discrediting the country, hurting relations with allies. there's been a fire storm of anger from the republican side of the aisle this by den ministration said they plan for every scenario. they told us today prior that koval cobble was not imminent, he told us less than a month before that this would

in the year 2000 he became the leader of george w. bush's legal team that prevailed in the landmark case of bush versus gore so we could not have a better lawyer leader to be part of this program and secretary baker. thank you for taking time and being with us today for the final mark of this important conference. >> delighted to be with you. >> you've been a leader in so many areas. the logical place to start the conversation is how do you define the word leadership? >> it was the great historian james mcgregor burns who said leadership is a commitment to values and perseverance to fight for those values. that's a pretty good description of leadership. the toughest part of that formula is the commitment to fight for those values and getting it done. in washington dc, even back in the days that i was there it is usually to kill deals, it is hard to make deals and the difficult part of leadership in my view is that doing, the knowing is important but not as tough as the doing. >> obviously a lawyer leader has to be able to persuade. th

george w. bush is the one who should be lambasted the most in this coverage. the original sin of the problem we're seeing unfolding and everything that's happened in 20 years is at his doorstep. barack obama should have done something about it when the american people wanted the troops withdrawn then. he didn't, because as was said by amanda, he was afraid of exactly what's happening here. i actually agreed with donald trump on this when he announced he would withdraw from afghanistan. how he went about it i disagreed, but i agreed about getting out of afghanistan. the press doesn't cover this with perspective. the voices they're putting on the air are all the voices that got it wrong from day one. all of the voices they're having on the air criticizing -- most of them -- criticizing joe biden are all the ones that got it wrong for the last 20 years. leon panetta, george w. bush -- he hasn't been on the air but people around him -- all of them got it wrong, so why would we listen to them related to the pullout? >> let me try a theory and see what you think. i