President Bush gave his last interview to the media today. He said he was disappointed weapons of mass destruction were never found in Iraq. He acknowledged he made mistakes in claiming the U.S. and allies prevailed in Iraq just 2 months after the was started. He also said he was hugely disappointed with the few military guards who took the pictures and abused prisoners at the Abu Graib camp. He felt the response to Hurricane Katrina was fast enough even though it could have been a bit faster. He also joked with the reporters.
He felt he had taken extraordinary measures to deal with the frozen credit markets.He feels tax cuts are the “right course of action” to help the economy. He started his presidency in a recession and is leaving during another recession. However, during his 8 years as President there were 52 straight months of job growth.
He told the reporters he felt the biggest threat to Obama would be an attack on the U.S. He said “there’s still an enemy out there that would like to inflict damage on America–on Americans.”
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1 EuroYank // Jan 12, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Regarding Bush and American propaganda …
One thing that irritates me is how the media and bloggers never properly research statistics, or how they are compiled, and how the propaganda is continued for example …
On June 29 2005, the Veterans Administration (an official U.S. body) admitted to the U.S. Congress that while there were over 103,000 U.S. military casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the official figures at the time were showing 13,000 casualties.
A senior Pentagon official confirmed on the condition of anonymity that the actual death toll of U.S. service personnel as of 1st May 2006 in Iraq was in excess of 12,000. The real number of casualties – i.e. those unable to return to active service – is in excess of 150,000. He also confirmed that all reports from the U.S. military in Iraq confirmed that Iraqi resistance to the occupation growing better organized and more deadly by the day.
1. Soldiers killed or injured in any other way other than a direct bullet or bomb not counted.
2. Soldier shot and/or wounded but died on a flight to a U.S. military hospital not counted.
3. Anyone who dies in hospital or a U.S. military base not counted.
4. Severe mental illnesses those who are medically diagnosed as depressed and/or suicidal not counted.
5. Long term physical or mental problems resulting from brain damage not counted.
6. 15,000 or more US casualties not battle casualties are not counted.
7. Soldiers not American citizens are not counted.
Also over 40,000 American soldiers have deserted.
The US army is reported to be 40 per cent short of its recruitment target. Despite a joining bonus of $ 90,000 paid over three years, of which $ 20,000 is in cash and $ 70,000 in benefits, along with a cancelling of the loans many a young American must take to afford to go to college.
There are reports also that people almost 40 years old are now eligible to join the military, and that the physical and intellectual standards for recruits have been lowered. Almost 30 per cent of new recruits leave within six months.
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2 Rosie // Jan 14, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Thank you for the information. I know for a fact that more soldiers died in Vietnam that in the Iraqi war. What bothers me is that the war continues, more innocent people die, and we don’t seem to be able to find Bin Laden. If we did, could either killing or capturing this one man make the big difference in the world wide terrorism?
3 Lin Stone // Jan 25, 2009 at 10:53 pm
This is so sad it is just gut-wrenching. I thank you for posting it. What makes me really angry is that so many people in the United States have this belief that war will make US rich. Before this war started I posted a rebuttal to that theory on page: http://www.talewins.com/essays/bodycount.htm
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