President Bush regrets his legacy as man who wanted war
In an exclusive interview, he expressed regret at the bitter divisions over the war and said that he was troubled about how his country had been misunderstood. "I think that in retrospect I could have used a different tone, a different rhetoric."
Phrases such as "bring them on" or "dead or alive", he said, "indicated to people that I was, you know, not a man of peace".
You see...you've got him all wrong.
"I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."
George W. Bush - Sept 14th, 2001
(Said before attacking Iraq - a country that had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks.)
"Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."
George W. Bush - Sept 20th, 2001
"I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace." George W. Bush - June 18, 2002
"America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."
George W. Bush - Oct 2nd, 2002
"The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got."
George W. Bush - May 1st, 2003
"Iran's actions threaten the security of nations everywhere. And that is why the United States is rallying friends and allies around the world to isolate the regime, to impose economic sanctions. We will confront this danger before it is too late."
George W. Bush - Aug 28th, 2007
"If you're interested in avoiding World War III," he said, "it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon."
George W. Bush - Oct 18, 2007
"Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along...We have an obligation to call this what it is: the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."
George W. Bush - May 15th, 2008