Asked about WMDs, Bush grins

[240 is Back]

A confident George W. Bush took the podium Monday for what is likely the last press conference of his presidency, fielding a panoply of questions on the economy, President-elect Barack Obama, and what he sees as the failings of his term.

Speaking about the Administration's claim that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction -- which served as the cornerstone of the president's justification for war -- Bush laughed.

"Things didn't go according to plan, let's put it that way," Bush said with a smile, then a grimace. The WMDs touted by Bush and his advisers were never found. More than 4,000 American troops have died as a result of the invasion; the toll for Iraqi civilians is in the tens of thousands.

[Mark Kerr]

The entire Bush Administration should be tried for war crimes.

[LurkerNoMore]

Bush = retard.

When people talk about the Bush Administration how it was rife with failure from the top to bottom, they forget one thing that they did succeed at.  And that was completely destroying the GOP party.

Thanks Bush.   

[Mons Venus]

Thanks Bush? How about the American public who gave this incompetent manchild 2 terms?

[shootfighter1]

I love how everyone isolates Bush.  Most high ranking officials saw the same intell reports and thought Iraq had WMDs.  Nonetheless, it was a mistake to go in...but Bush wasn't the only one to blame.

On a good note, Bush had a lot of nice things to say about Obama and it seems their transition has gone incredibly smooth.

[Dos Equis]

A confident George W. Bush took the podium Monday for what is likely the last press conference of his presidency, fielding a panoply of questions on the economy, President-elect Barack Obama, and what he sees as the failings of his term.

Speaking about the Administration's claim that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction -- which served as the cornerstone of the president's justification for war -- Bush laughed.

"Things didn't go according to plan, let's put it that way," Bush said with a smile, then a grimace. The WMDs touted by Bush and his advisers were never found. More than 4,000 American troops have died as a result of the invasion; the toll for Iraqi civilians is in the tens of thousands.

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