george w bush declares the war officially over i remember seeing the film a president bush on the aircraft carrier playing in the corner of the office, and it made almost no impression on me. oh, what was happening in baghdad seemed so divorced from that political moment back in the united states, the tyrant has fallen and he rack is free for she, us, sunni's, kerns, and other ethnic and religious minorities. a period of uncertainty begins they're expecting a post dictatorship, a road map from the u. s. b this is a crazy myth that there was no planning for the post war that is perpetrated by people who have no idea how the government works. 0 plan. i remember the 1st meeting at the national defense university in january. all we did at that meeting was made each other. there was no plan. there was a plan on what to do about the world feed program. a lot of those plans just weren't really relevant to those of us who were on the ground. there were plans to deal with what happens if you capture saddam hussein. there was a plan, but it obviously turned out to be holy and sufficient. there were

george w bush is pursuing another strategy. a war not just against the terrorists themselves, but also against the nations that harbor them. mm . i was a soldier myself. i went to war under less than credible circumstances, myself and and i have regret i can rationalize it and say wouldn't matter whether iron resigned or not. indeed it wouldn't matter to fowl had resigned. we still would have gone to war ah, in lorenz wilkerson is colon powells, chief of staff at the time the secretary of state is in favor of a war against afghanistan. after all, the taliban regime supported been lawton. it's the key issue at a crisis meeting 4 days after $911.00. ah, powell deemed brief, me on the camp david meeting. m powell put it this way. we were talking about what we were going to do in afghanistan and how exactly we were going to do it at a very high level up part paul wolf, which and suggested that they might warrant thank about iraq. and so as a consequence, when they took their 1st little break, the president turned to candy and the p

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it drove enormous cuban turnout in miami on election day largely for george w. bush. disputably helping bush to carry the state of florida by the nearest possible margin of 537 votes. >> we have a brief clip of the president talking about the ellie gonzales rate. >> they went to great lengths to negotiate a voluntary transfer. even yesterday, the attorney general worked very hard on this late into the night. showing great restraint, patience and compassion. when all efforts failed, there was no alternative but to enforce the decision of the federal court. that is why mr. gonzales should have custody of his son. >> you tell a story behind the scenes that is of attorney general janet rena. with the hindsight of 20 years, what mistakes did she make it approaching the crisis? christ before we talk about the mistakes, i think we should give her credit for what she was attempting to do. she was from miami. she felt as if she was perfectly situated to remove this unresolvable crisis. she was extremely dedicated to the rights of welfare. this is one of her signature causes thr

rumsfeld remains at the pentagon for one more year . dick cheney continues to serve as vice president george w bush was no eve as hell. dick cheney knows how to get george bush to pull out is 45 pistol start shooting, and i do not know how to get him to put it back in its holster when he finally figured it out and far dol roseville and he make no mistake. he fired him. cheney was apoplectic. he had the gall to fire his me. well, it also meant cheney was being found out. the process not even listening to oh, any rock, the spiral of violence continues unabated. firmly find any is darnell bullard, im shipple darby a yano. some americans abused the iraqis. alicia, that was they came on t v to announce i killed 2000 iraq. you actually will at killed 7 of them was i've killed 32 lateesha halls and they were never brought to poor hakama tamala ultima lou other america yano villa. but that i own with hollow rod baghdad is the mother of civilization. but dod bestbuy, the dog here was the city of the caliph al rashid, what is the cradle of many nations lea, a jot went by hello out. the americans came a long

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>> george w. bush, he is speaking to the congress after 9/11 and the last time that they were gathered in this chamber was on september 20, nine days after september 11. he will utilize this to celebrate a u.s. victory in afghanistan and charting a course for what he is going to call this war on terror and basically sketching this division that he has of the united states role in the world to protect and defend democracy. we see it as a precursor to going into iraq and the weapons of mass instruction that the demonstration since in -- mass destruction that the administration says are in place. you can also look at barack obama's first state of the union speech, obama is speaking at that moment into his presidency -- a year into his presidency. one of the lines we expect to hear is the president to say that the state of union is strong. there are many moments in which it is not strong and obama is explicit about that in 2010. he acknowledges the pain and the hardship that has been experienced by million

george w. bush will out of the memorable line where he will call iran, iraq and north korea the axis of evil. that's a precursor to thinking about the u.s. invasion of iraq in 2003. it is true that perhaps what we immediately remember or see on our television screens or on twitter is this media spectacle we also see most of which presidents are using these speeches to give us a glimpse of what they're hoping to h accomplish and what they're going to ask congress to do. >> host: how has previous presidents besides abraham lincoln made a a more modern history use the state of the union during moments of national crisis? >> guest: i go back to to make examples. george w. bush in 2002, he speaking to the congress for months after 9/11 and the last time they were gathered in this chamber was on september 20, so just nine days after september 11, and he would utilize this moment to both celebrate what he will call a u.s. victory in afghanistan and the fall of the taliban, but then also charting a course f

>> two examples, george w. bush2002 as i mentioned, he is speaking to the congress four months after 9/11. the last time they were gathered in this chamber was just nine days after september 11. and he will utilize this moment to both celebrate what he will call u.s. victory in afghanistan after the fall of the taliban but also charting a course for what he is going to call this war on terror and basically sketching this vision that he has of the united states' role in the world to protect and defend democracy. we see it again is a precursor to the decision to go into iraq and the supposed weapons of mass destruction that are used as a rallying cry to set the stage of where we have been in the last four months and where we are going to go in his administration. you can also look for example that barack obama's first state of the union speech in 2010. obama is speaking at that moment a year into his presidency. in the midst of the great recession. one of the lines that we often hear or expect to hear is the president

back in 2003, france was a fierce opponent of george w bush as the rock war. now, 3 days after the air strikes, i asked puts the country on its head list illegal so they ended up. going to want to let you know we hug. grogan did some days. he bentley isn't that, don't need you. let me also scuse theory. the was a false industry to go. he did use, we're all say i really care with down to don't be that he ah love our piece at home. we're supposed to allow a terrorist group to control an entire territory in iraq and syria was hearing to say, to accept terrorism or fear of attacks to you much nonsense. accept it. do we do? they would have attacked us anyway. joy, floppy little been, you know, ah, you know how the she loosely abandoned no doctrine of says suicide, liberty or killing innocent people in the name of islam is prohibited on how to model of hon. yeah, and in my view, with an mas mentally ill ah, them to luckily, anecdotal a mar, also volley, 18 years old. the 1st suicide bomber to strike on the 13th of november. he grew up in a desirable neighbourhood of

he gave them all a free pass george w bush. they're all going to be rehabilitated. they're all going to be treated as great statesman. one day, i mean, they gave president obama a nobel prize for not being george w bush. the question, of course, the world tap, dancing around with, you know, we're avoiding as does it work as torture work doesn't work. people that have information that are part of an underground apparatus, a terrorist organization, revolutionary organization accomplished organization, whatever organized form of collective alan chip. i b, they won't break now. and the people that you pick up that are innocence. yes. you tell them to pieces, you'll destroy them, you will ruin them. i think that a few of the people that passed passed through my hands as an interrogator did have intelligence. but most of the vast majority of the people that i dealt with work just being picked up because they were males of military age and they were just get swept up. and these raves, i don't think torture is always being used as a method to gain information or, or confessi

durbin: let me know that larry thompson served as deputy attorney general under president george w. bush, the assistant attorney general for legal policy in the george w. bush administration, john belanger and former circuit judge, ken starr, prominent conservative lawyers signing a letter defending attorneys who represented guantanamo bay detainees. i do not believe we should associate in that activity as being inconsistent with our constitutional values. >> john cornyn from texas asked the judge about her work as a public defender of gitmo detainees. sen. cornyn:, i do not know you well but i'm impressed by our interaction. you have been gracious and charming. why would you call secretary rumsfeld and george w. bush war criminals in a legal filing? it seems so out of character for you. judge brown jackson: senator, are you talking about habeas petitions that i filed? sen. cornyn: when you were representing a member of the taliban and the department of defense identified him as an intelligence officer, and you referred to the secretary of defense and the setting resident of the united s

durbin: larry thompson who served as deputy attorney general for george w. bushand the assistant attorney general in the george w. bush administration john belanger and the former judge attorney general were also prominent conservative lawyers signing the letter that represented what time obey detainees. i do not believe we should associate that activity as being inconsistent with constitutional values. >> senator john cornyn a republican from texas also asked the judge about her work as a public defender of gitmo detainees. sen. cornyn: i do not know you well but i have been impressed by your interaction and you have been gracious and charming. why in the world would you call secretary of defense rumsfeld and a george w. bush war criminals in a legal filing. that seems so out of character for you. judge jackson: are you talking about habeas petitions i filed? sen. cornyn: i am talking about when you were representing a member of the taliban and the department of defense identified him as an intelligence officer. you referred to the secretary of defense and sitti

that purpose as articulated by colin powell and george h. w. bush and adverse showered nazi and mchale. gorbachev in a, in a certain way, was eventual welcoming of russia not only geographically, because geographically it's there into europe and even in to nato membership. first with a political alliance and then the military allies that want to strike in 1994 and later years when we started doing this wild abandoned expansion of the lives. but that is no way condones and invasion into essentially a neutral country. which natal leadership and washington this leadership had already admitted. they were willing to say, would never be a member of nato much the way they have done pro forma with georgia mitchell. could you said that because of course, as you know, washington the by the ministration middle of nature leaders yet jen, salt and berg, and the rest se nato expansion has nothing to do with the current conflict. and anyone who says that is a booted apologist. well, i'm not a boot an apologist in any way. i think he's brutal. i think he's insane.

that purpose as articulated by colin powell and george h. w bush and edvard chavez, nancy and mccallum. gorbachev in a certain way was eventual welcoming of russia not only geographically because geographically it's there into europe and even into nato membership 1st with a political alliance. and then the military allies that want to strike in 1994 and later years when we started doing this while the band and expansion of the lives. but that in no way can don's an invasion into essentially a neutral country, which natal leadership and washington this leadership had already admitted. they were willing to say, would never be a member of nato much the way they have done pro forma with georgia. it's still good and good. you said that because of course, as you know, washington the by the ministration little nature leaders yet jen installed berg and the rest se nato expansion has nothing to do with the current conflict. and anyone who says that is a beauty and apologist. well, i'm not a apologist in any way. i think he's brutal. i think he's insane. now

judge thomas griffith, a george w. bush appointee, summed it up best when he said you, judge jackson, work based on the fact and the law and not as a partisan. having reviewed your record, i strongly agree with this statement, but you are not just extremely qualified to serve at the supreme court, your nomination is, of course, a historical and you're the supreme court has existed for over 233 years only five have been women, to have been black, and not single have been black women. this is a court that has decided cases that have sweeping effects on the everyday life, as a number of my colleagues have pointed out, including decisions that solidified right for the lgbtq plus community, decisions that have affected women, strengthened unions, and more. but this is also the same court that, throughout the course of history, upheld slavery, jim crow laws, and the unlawful internment of japanese americans. for over 233 years, the individual making decisions that have altered the course of this country have almost exclusively be

these countries were targeted by the george h w bush, or george w bush, the senior vice president of ronald reagan and bribed with hundreds of millions of dollars. and these monies were given the countries in exchange for their acquiescence and their submission to american military and economic and political objectives. the ring of nato military bases is being formed around russia. the u. s. nato have over 600 military base is world wide. russia has just 18, but the west still claims that russia has aggressive intent by turning those russians. the soviets into this dangerous bogeyman that wants to take over the world. that was a conscious strategy to create this image of the soviets. as out for world conquest, which was not the case, then bar now with nato should have died, but they will give it meaning. it is about infected, created by, by nato nato's business machine. because you must remember, if nato were disbanded, shareholders in united states and elsewhere in lodge obs companies would lose millions and millions. they only have one yacht instead of 2 yards each. there. oh dear,

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