Former US President George W. Bush mistakenly denounced the “brutal, unjustified invasion of Iraq” at an event on Wednesday as he was offering a critique of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The slip-up occurred during an event on election integrity at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas and was first reported by the Dallas Morning News.
“In contrast, Russian elections are rigged. Political opponents are imprisoned or otherwise eliminated from participating in the political process,” Bush told the crowd. “The result is the absence of checks and balances in Russia and the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq.”
Speaking in Dallas this afternoon, former President George. W Bush made a significant verbal slip-up while discussing the war in Ukraine.
He tried referencing what he described as the “wholly unjustified and brutal invasion” — but said Iraq, instead of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/tw0VNJzKmE
— Michael Williams (@michaeldamianw) May 19, 2022
“I mean of Ukraine,” he said, pausing, then laughing. “Anyways, I’m 75,” Bush added after the gaffe while the audience laughed. . .
Back in 2003, Bush announced an invasion of Iraq called “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” In a televised address on March 19, 2003, Bush said the operation was meant to help the Iraqis “achieve a united, stable and free country.”
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