A slip that could not be more explicit.
Invited to speak at an event in Dallas (Texas), this Wednesday, former United States President George W. Bush spoke of a
"totally unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq"
before correcting himself:
“I mean, from Ukraine”
.
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“
The result is the absence of a balance of power in Russia, and a one-man decision to launch a totally unwarranted and brutal invasion of Iraq,”
former US President George W. Bush said before speaking. straight away correct himself by grimacing:
“I mean, from Ukraine”
.
The slip of the former president of the United States, who spoke during an event in Dallas this Wednesday, caused a general burst of laughter in the assembly.
He then made self-mockery by pointing to his advanced age to justify his mistake.
In 2003, George W. Bush, then President of the United States, had launched the American invasion of Iraq under the pretext of responding to a threat of weapons of mass destruction - which it would later be revealed were not have never existed.
A military invasion which will therefore subsequently be widely qualified, too, as unjustified by the international community.
The scene was immortalized on video by a local journalist:
During his speech on Wednesday, the former US leader also called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a
"cool little guy"
(sic) and then the "
Churchill of the 21st century
"
.
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