Bush: 'I regret saying some things I shouldn't have said'

[ProSense]

Bush: 'I regret saying some things I shouldn't have said'

By Alexander Mooney
CNN

NEW YORK (CNN) -- As his presidency nears its end, a reflective President Bush suggested Tuesday he regrets some of his more blunt statements on the war on terror over the last eight years, and said he wishes he had not spoken in front of a "Mission Accomplished" banner only a month after U.S. troops in Iraq were deployed.

"I regret saying some things I shouldn't have said," Bush told CNN's Heidi Collins when asked to reflect on his regrets over his two terms as president. "Like 'dead or alive' and 'Bring 'em on.' My wife reminded me that, hey, as President of the United States, be careful what you say."

The interview, aboard the USS Intrepid in New York, came after the president addressed a Veterans Day ceremony.

Shortly after the attacks of September 11, the president said of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden: "I want justice. There's an old poster out West that said, 'Wanted, dead or alive.' " Bush was also criticized in 2003 for his answer addressing insurgents in Iraq.

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How about regret for launching an illegal war you f****** war criminal? Hundreds of thousands of people were killed as a result of your immoral war.

[louis-t]

1. Awww, stupid is gettng wistful.

Just go away.

[Orsino]

16. Still getting nowhere near admitting regret over any of his actions.

Only owning up to a few ill-chosen words. x(

[Johonny]

2. I can't help thinking in my presidency

I should have done stuff.

[Touchdown]

3. I really think he's happy to be done.

He knows that office was too big for him. I think he's ready to go. Too bad it wasn't 4 years ago.

[fascisthunter]

4. Man Would the World Heal if Bush were Sent to the Hague

but politicians don't have the balls.

[sarge43]

5. Cry us a river monster; we cried one over you. n/t

[political_Dem]

6. I truly think the world-wide cheers and partying on Election Night got to him.

If there wasn't such a flood of emotion over Bush not being President, he wouldn't have any regrets about what he said.

Remember, this is a man who is deathly afraid of what his legacy will entail.

[indepat]

14. May junior have a long life so he can reflect on just what his policies, actions, and doctrines of

pre-emptive wars and torture have wrought, his ignoring global-warming issues and strangling science. :P

[orpupilofnature57]

7. Poppy's little Moron , will make a great tour guide at the library..

No one will visit .

[Botany]

8. Not as much as we regret seeing you play "dress ups"

Pretending to Bill Pullman in the movie Indepence Day.

[shanti]

9. yeah, "mistakes were made"

he's a walking mistake!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

10. CNN included a nice smirky frame grab from the video with the article, too.

President Bush says his wife told him that as president, he should watch his words carefully.

This is all one colossal joke to Junior. He gets to walk away from yet another mess while others step in for the clean-up.

[spanone]

11. he doesn't regret any of the deaths, it's all about lil george

[SmileyRose]

12. It probably took a lot for him to even make it THAT far.

All he regrets is a few words. Even that kind of regret is likely a huge leap for GW. The guy is just such a psychopath, or sociopath or whatever the right word is (those people who commit evil and don't have the emotional ability to understand it's evil) - just the regret of semantics is a lot for him.

[tekisui]

13. Let him mull it over in prison.

FOR LIFE!:grr: :grr: :grr:

[JuniperLea]

17. Amen!

The world needs to see us take care of that dirty piece of business.

[WinkyDink]

15. Pretty much I'd say it was "Mama" 60+ years ago. Downhill from there.

[galaxy21]

18. I saw W. which seems to suggest Bush is this dim witted, well intentioned guy that got manipulated

by darker forces (Cheney, Rove). I personally think that makes more sense than he's this evil, genius sociopath. Heck, he doesn't even seem smart enough to have been the mastermind behind all that's happened.

I'm not cutting him any slack, but at the end of the day he was just a puppet for other forces. There's only so much you can blame him for. He deserves every bit of misery and more, but its very obvious he was mostly just manipulated by other people.