“The absence of balances and counterweights allowed only one man to start the totally unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq” … Luckily George W Bush he corrected himself immediately: “I meant, Ukraine”.
What a blunder for the former president who yesterday gave a long speech on the current situation, organized by the foundation that bears his name at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. For a moment, it seemed to the public that he was talking about himself since it was his administration, in the spring of 2003, that initiated the invasion of Iraq with the aim – soon achieved – of deposing Saddam Hussein accused (falsely, it will later be discovered) of being ready to equip itself with weapons of mass destruction. Instead it was just a slip of the tongue, which he immediately made fun of: first repeating the word “Iraq” with a grimace and a sigh.
Then adding the number of his years: “I’m 75, you know”. In fact, after comparing the current Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to the British statesman (and several times prime minister) Wiston Churchillhe was referring to Vladimir Putin, attributing to the absence of opposition the fact that the Russian leader was able to invade his neighbor without any internal debate. In fact, in short, attributing the current crisis to the absence of democracy in Russia. It was to reveal the crime Michael Williams, a Dallas Morning News reporter present at the event: who a few moments later tweeted the short video that immediately went around the world.