[lit-ideas] Re: Bush Interviewed on 60 Minutes
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:31:13 EST
I think one of the high points of the interview (yes, I saw it
....unbelievable), was this:
<<With his popularity ratings in the gutter and support for the war
flagging, Bush said he recognizes that the war "hadn't gone as well as I had
hoped at
this point in time." But he said the dismal reviews do not affect his
outlook.
"Quite the contrary. My spirits are strong, and I'm-- I'm-- I'm-- I'm blessed
to be the president," he said.>>Julie Krueger
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PELLEY: Did you see the video of Saddam Hussein's . . .
BUSH: I saw some of it.
PELLEY: . . . execution?
BUSH: Yeah.
PELLEY: What did you think when you saw that?
BUSH: I thought it was discouraging.
(...)
PELLEY: You know better than I do that many Americans feel that your
administration has not
been straight with the country, has not been honest. To those people you say
what?
BUSH: On what issue?
PELLEY: Well, sir . . .
BUSH: Like the weapons of mass destruction?
PELLEY: No weapons of mass destruction.
BUSH: Yeah.
PELLEY: No credible connection between 9/11 and Iraq.
BUSH: Yeah.
PELLEY: The Office of Management and Budget said this war would cost
somewhere between $50
billion and $60 billion and now we're over $400 billion.
BUSH: I gotcha. I gotcha. I gotcha.
(...)
PELLEY: But wasn't it your administration that created the instability in
Iraq?
Watch the interview at
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=2359185n
The interview background reports that a majority of US troops now oppose the
war (poll in
Army Times).
A friend told me that a national TV news story a week ago reported that US
troops are being
trained without rifles. They get a weapon only when they arrive in Iraq.
Why? Because the US
Army lacks $100 million dollars and can't afford equipment for training.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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