The nightmare returns for the Republican Party...

[kentuck]

First of all, Jeb Bush said that Dubya would be one of his primary foreign policy advisers. Then he said, with 20/20 hindsight, he would still have invaded Iraq. What!!

Even Republican jaws dropped. After all we know about the biggest foreign policy blunder in our lifetimes, Jeb was still clinging to the disastrous policies of his discredited brother.

But now,after all the criticism, Jeb has backtracked and said he misinterpreted the question. "Mistakes were made", he said.

And yesterday, a young lady informed the possible presidential candidate that it was his brother that created ISIS. This is not the type of news Republicans want to hear.

They prefer to blame Barack Obama for all the foreign policy disasters we have experienced over the last several years. They had the Iraq War won and Obama gave it back to the terrorists, they argued. The country needs the expertise of Republicans to win wars and regain the respect from the world, they say.

But, Jeb has demolished all those arguments and has forced the Republican Party to finally come to grips with the reality of their military blunders. Republican leaders wanted very badly to use Republican expertise in foreign affairs in the next campaign. That is not going to happen now. This has been a disastrous week for Republican plans.

[underpants]

1. The question was asked in English. Jeb is Hispanic.

That explains it.

[monmouth4]

2. The other explanation is they all watch Fox.....n/t

[rurallib]

4. !

[Johnyawl]

9. hahahahaha...

...I think you win the internet today, underpants!

[underpants]

10. :-)

[gelsdorf]

14. Yeah, THAT's the ticket!! n/t

[myrna minx]

3. And they want to do it all over again with Iran.

Clown car, indeed!

[calimary]

5. Two words tell you the bottom line of this story. paul wolfowitz.

jeb bush has paul wolfowitz in his foreign policy advisor team. This early in the game. That bastard is already installed and all dressed up and ready to steamroll back into the White House to finish what he started and prove himself vindicated about Iraq. Probably already has business cards printed up.

And that's all you need to know about what to expect from a (GOD FORBID!!!!) jeb bush presidency.

[kentuck]

17. He's got his comb ready...

...to play Yankee Doodle Dandy...

[myrna minx]

18. I will never be able to purge the image of Wolfowitz slurping his hair into place

From F-911

Can you believe folks like Wolfowitz, Cheney and Judith Miller have *any* quarter in decision making? Gah! How can your reputation be in tatters, yet, the media still treat and "very serious people". Grrrr.

[Ford_Prefect]

7. And once Iran is out of the way they will have us tackle China!

[Hoppy]

11. Who knows? Wolfie could end up being the Viceroy of China.

And Douglas (Dumbest fuck on the face of the Earth) Feith could be Secretary of Defense.

[n2doc]

6. Republicans never admit mistakes

and they value loyalty to narrative more than anything else. Krugman has a good article today on this.

Most of the GOP frontrunners have flip flopped on W and Iraq already. It won't matter to their base.

[Iliyah]

8. Unfortunately it will not matter to the GOP base

because the corporate media will twist it while still blaming Pres O.

[bullwinkle428]

12. "MISTAKES WERE MADE!" - The ultimate cowardly, cop-out explanation/apology.

[BadgerKid]

19. Note the passive tense.

Common technique to avoid responsibility. Also used by seemingly bad cops.

[libodem]

13. Mistakes were made

http://www.metrolyrics.com/old-blevins-lyrics-austin-lounge-lizards.html

Blah, blah, blah...

[olegramps]

15. Like when "W" was conceived?

[libodem]

16. Yep