Mr. Bush acknowledged one major failing of the early occupation of Iraq when he said of disbanding the Saddam Hussein-era military, "The policy was to keep the army intact; didn’t happen." But when Mr. Draper pointed out that Mr. Bush’s former Iraq administrator, L. Paul Bremer III, had gone ahead and forced the army’s dissolution and then asked Mr. Bush how he reacted to that, Mr. Bush said, "Yeah, I can’t remember, I’m sure I said, ‘This is the policy, what happened?’ " But, he added, "Again, Hadley’s got notes on all of this stuff," referring to Stephen J. Hadley, his national security adviser.[see also Steve Clemmons]
Seems like Bush and Rove are both into legacy issues. Rove’s 4th grade essay [below] at least has themes in the paragraphs, absurd though they might be. In Bush’s discussions, he evokes the Alberto Gonzales Rule – "I can’t remember," then he says "Hadley’s got notes." What’s unmentioned is that if he follows his current protocol, Hadley’s notes won’t be available – Executive Privilege and all. The George W. Bush Presidential Library is going to be interesting. It will be filled with papers that can’t be seen – except for Laura’s Thanksgiving menus and the holiday Barney videos.
Barring perhaps Nero, never has so much that mattered been handled with such a cavalier attitude. My guess is that the only time the word "legacy" will be applied to George W. Bush will be like in college frat lingo, "he was a legacy," meaning his dad was an alumni. George W. Bush doesn’t recall what’s happened in his Presidency. Why should we? Hopefully, history will be able to record that we were ultimately able to recover…
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