Blame it all on Bush

http://washingtonexaminer.com/what-should-iraq-war-advocates-say-about-the-current-crisis/article/2549891

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Cheney, as the highest-ranking member of the group, bears a particular responsibility. Yet in a Wall Street Journal op-ed (co-written with daughter Liz Cheney), the former vice president simply does not take into account the Bush administration's failures in Iraq. Reciting President Obama's own failures, Cheney writes: "Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many."

There's a remarkable lack of self-examination in that line.

It's not that Cheney, with a crisis raging, should write a piece apologizing for decisions made years ago. It's just that any article pointing out the Obama administration's mistakes in Iraq would be far more credible if it included even a brief admission of the Bush administration's errors, too. Instead, Cheney accuses Obama of "snatch[ing defeat] from the jaws of victory" in Iraq.

"When Mr. Obama and his team came into office in 2009, al Qaeda in Iraq had been largely defeated, thanks primarily to the heroic efforts of U.S. armed forces during the surge," Cheney writes. Well, why was there a surge? Because the Bush administration had so badly bungled the situation from 2003 to 2007, unleashing chaos and murderous forces in Iraq. More than 4,200 American troops died, and more than 30,000 were wounded in Iraq under Bush and Cheney's administration. How can Cheney expect his indictment of Obama's mistakes to have the influence it deserves without at least some acknowledgement of that fact?
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This is a tired refrain, if only you would admit you made mistakes, we would lay off you. No you wouldn't.

The Obama mistakes are an order of magnitude greater than Bush's, and while I contend Bush's intent was good, I don't believe the Obama mistakes are rooted in a desire to do what is best for America. Obama's are due to egregious overreach leading to a cascade of failures.

Maybe the author should examine his own flaws. If the media wasn't giving Obama a pass on all his wrong doing, Obama would have been slowed, and Iraq might be in better shape.