In a sad but unsurprising demonstration of just how little the US government administration prepared for a post-war Iraq, evidence is emerging that President Bush didn’t even know there were two sects in Islam until shortly before the invasion.
The allegation is made by Peter Galbraith, former ambassador to Croatia, in his new book, “The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created A War Without End.”
Shortly before the invasion, Bush reportedly met with three Iraqi-Americans who tried to explain to him what Iraq might look like after Saddam Hussein was removed from power. During the conversation it became clear that Bush was apparently not grasping that there were two sects of Islam, Shiite and Sunni, with some drastic differences between them.
When they tried to explain the difference to him, Bush responded, “I thought the Iraqis were Muslims!”
It’s good to know we have an intellectual giant as the leader of the free world.
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Sorry, can’t do surprised. I’ve always found him dumb as a post. I don’t get those people who defend his “aw, shucks!”isms as a clever smoke screen. But at least he’s a good Christian! Thank Jeebus we have a god-fearing Christian in the White House! (sorry, my snark-meter seems to have gone off the scale…)
JOhn.
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