Bush once again compares postwar Japan, Germany to Iraq, Afghanistan

Thursday 29th May, 05:18 AM JST

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spudman at 07:47 AM JST - 29th May

Bush comparing a war to an occupation and the American public will fall for it again. Iraq has never been a unified country and the only loyalty the citizens have is to there tribe or religion. Huge difference from the Germans and Japanese. This lame duck is really quacking!
rjd_jr at 07:55 AM JST - 29th May

What an imbecile.

Post war plans for Japan and Germany were started several YEARS before World War 2 formally ended. Post occupation plans for Iraq? A mere few months.

Japan and Germany were destroyed to the fullest, the spirit and will of their people to fight further were eliminated for the most part. Saddam was quickly disposed of, population of Iraq didn't know what the heck was going on, and occupiers royally screwed things up from day one in Iraq. No concrete plans, corruption rife at all levels of American and Iraqi government and representatives. Warning signs of insurgency were completely ignored all the way to the top, screw up after screw up from people who had no clue how to properly run a country. Darn Shinseki sure seems like a genius now, ey?

What a royal buffoon.
Graywolf0813 at 08:47 AM JST - 29th May

This guy ( BUSH ) is an idiot ' How can you compare Iraq with Japan and Germany ' Not only is he arrogant ' The worst president the U.S. ever had '
SushiSake3 at 09:13 AM JST - 29th May

Speechless.

Bush's delusions take the meaning of the word to a whole new level.
tkoind2 at 10:29 AM JST - 29th May

Agreed. Bush is "the idiot" and history will most certainly remember him as one of the most incompetent leaders in American history. I am convinced that without 911 he would not have been remembered at all. He and his handlers have clearly leveraged this tragedy in a failed effort to cover up the short comings of a man who should never have been elected to town council let alone president.

I'm still ashamed that my country re-elected him in 2004. Simply shameful.
OssanULTRA at 11:18 AM JST - 29th May

Seems our CIC isn't taking into account that both the Germans and Japanese gave a sh*t about rebuilding their countries. The only thing the Iraqis care enough to kill each other over is religion.
GW at 11:21 AM JST - 29th May

History and war experts warn that Bush has at times oversimplified the comparison between postwar efforts in Japan and Germany and what’s unfolding in Iraq and Afghanistan.

what do expect from a simpleton, of course all he can do is simplfy, because he is just plain dumb, damn even that looks like a compliment for this guy who is singe handidly trying to destroy world order!
Sloan at 04:16 PM JST - 29th May

Spudman said: "Iraq has never been a unified country."

It's my understanding the Iraq used to be Babylon, one of the most powerful nations in the world at one time (very very long ago). Am I wrong?
capone at 06:21 PM JST - 29th May

look up the word 'buffoon' in the dictionary, and next to it is a picture of Junior
smithinjapan at 06:31 PM JST - 29th May

"Seems our CIC isn't taking into account that both the Germans and Japanese gave a sh*t about rebuilding their countries. The only thing the Iraqis care enough to kill each other over is religion."

And seems as well your idiotic CIC forgot there was no oil in Germany or Japan... oh, and that WWII was COMPLETELY different than the illegla invasion of Iraq and subsequently meaningless war.
stanoue at 09:45 PM JST - 29th May

Doesn't he have a speech writer? Who lets him say stuff like this? As for this line...

“We need to recognize that the only way that America can lose the war on terror is if we defeat ourselves"

ppshhhh
OssanULTRA at 02:04 AM JST - 30th May
"And seems as well your idiotic CIC forgot there was no oil in Germany or Japan... oh, and that WWII was COMPLETELY different than the illegla invasion of Iraq and subsequently meaningless war."
- We didn't invade Iraq for the oil. If we did I wouldn't be paying $4.45 a gallon for regular, would I?
- Actually oil was very much part of WWII. Especially for Japan.
- With a name like Smith, your CIC isn't the same as mine??
smithinjapan at 08:28 PM JST - 30th May

"We didn't invade Iraq for the oil. If we did I wouldn't be paying $4.45 a gallon for regular, would I?"

That's what makes any defense of Bush so funny.... it was supposed to make the average Joe pay less at the pumps, now you just like fools all around.
super delegate at 08:45 PM JST - 30th May

"That's what makes any defense of Bush so funny.... it was supposed to make the average Joe pay less at the pumps, now you just like fools all around."

According to who, smith? A bipartisan Congress agreed on authorization for regime change and liberation of Iraq. And unless I missed it nowhere is there mention of a guarantee of lower prices at the pump.

Where is your proof that we are in Iraq cuz a da oil,man ?

We'll need more than t-shirt.

Waiting.
super delegate at 12:53 PM JST - 31st May

Still waiting. Smith has the t-shirt, but no reply.

Who told you Iraq was all aboat securing cheap gas at the pump for 'the average Joe'?

Guess you got some lousy intel there, Einstein.