Buckley Says Bush Will Be Judged on Iraq War, Now a 'Failure'

[Lone_Star_Dem]

March 31 (Bloomberg) -- William F. Buckley Jr., the longtime conservative writer and leader, said George W. Bush's presidency will be judged entirely by the outcome of a war in Iraq that is now a failure.

``Mr. Bush is in the hands of a fortune that will be unremitting on the point of Iraq,'' Buckley said in an interview that will air on Bloomberg Television this weekend. ``If he'd invented the Bill of Rights it wouldn't get him out of his jam.''

Buckley said he doesn't have a formula for getting out of Iraq, though he said ``it's important that we acknowledge in the inner councils of state that it (the war) has failed, so that we should look for opportunities to cope with that failure.''

The 80-year-old Buckley is among a handful of prominent conservatives who are criticizing the war. Asked who is to blame for what he deems a failure, Buckley said, ``the president,'' adding that ``he doesn't hesitate to accept responsibility.''
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[marmar]

1. I'm glad Buckley has visited the theater of the obvious...

The Iraq War is the most glaring failure of an administration that has failed at just about everything.

[Lance_Boyle]

2. 'he doesn't hesitate to accept responsibility.'

True dat, Mr. Buttley. He downright refuses to accept responsibility.

[NanceGreggs]

3. Good one, Lance_Boyle!!!

And welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Kashka-Kat]

4. Nope, he's wrong-- it was a success

Oil fields turned over to multi national corporations and permanent military bases established. Mission accomplished. That's all it ever was meant to be, folks. Lies and subterfuge notwithstanding.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

5. Indeed

There was never any concern for the human factor, here or there. It was a well calculated means to and end.