Ford: Bush Made "Big Mistake" With Iraq War

[rodeodance]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20061228/cm_thenation/15151745

Ford: Bush Made "Big Mistake" With Iraq War

The Nation Thu Dec 28, 8:00 AM ET

Asked by Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward about the Iraq imbroglio, Ford said in 2004, "(Defense Secretary Donald) Rumsfeld and (Vice President Dick) Cheney and the president made a big mistake in justifying going into the war in Iraq. They put the emphasis on weapons of mass destruction. And now, I've never publicly said I thought they made a mistake, but I felt very strongly it was an error in how they should justify what they were going to do."

Both Rumsfeld and Cheney served as White House chief of staff under Ford, but the former president put loyalty to his country ahead of any deference to former aides. He did, however, ask that Woodward not make the contents of the interview public until after Bush's presidency was done, or until after Ford's passing.

As of Tuesday, Woodward was free to reveal Ford's comments regarding Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and the quagmire they have created.

Ford explained that he would not have chosen the course adopted by the current administration. "I don't think, if I had been president -- on the basis of the facts as I saw them publicly -- I don't think I would have ordered the Iraqi war," said the former president.

[koopie57]

1. Last night I saw Congressman Ford

on an old What's My Line tv show. An odd experience.

[katsy]

2. No. Not a mistake at all.

It's an impeachable premeditated fabrication.

A deliberate lie.

Impeach.

[Skittles]

3. yeah, thanks for speaking up, Ford

f***ing GOP whore