bostonangler Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 PELLEY: You are gambling a lot, Mr. President, on the [iraqi] Prime Minister [Nouri] al-Maliki. Why do you think that's a gamble worth making?BUSH: Scott, I'm actually counting on the unity government of which Maliki is the head. Prime Minister Maliki and others who I talk to in the government understand that our patience is not unlimited.PELLEY: Let's be blunt. You're a plain speaker. Let's be blunt. What have you told Maliki he has to do?BUSH: I told him it's time to get going. He's got to provide the troops he said he would provide inside Baghdad and we'll help him, and that's why I've called for more troops. I said: when our guys get moving along with yours, you can't get on the phone for political reasons and stop the troops from going after killers. What they'd do is, we're going after this killer, and they say, well he's, for political reasons, don't. Killer is a killer. And we expect them to go after both Shia and Sunni murderers in order to provide the security for Baghdad. We expect them to have local elections. And I expect them to do the political work necessary to help reconcile this country. But the problem is, is that the sectarian violence in Baghdad started getting out of control so they fell behind the power curve, and we need to help them get their forces in place, embed with their forces, go alongside their forces and get control of the security situation in Baghdad. And that's why I have problems with these plans to say, well, get out of Baghdad. You know, we've got people in Congress, good people, saying need to withdraw. Now's not the time to withdraw. Now's the time to help them get a hold of the situation. PELLEY: You know better than I do that many Americans feel that your administration has not been straight with the country, has not been honest. To those people you say what?BUSH: On what issue?PELLEY: Well, sir . . .BUSH: Like the weapons of mass destruction?PELLEY: No weapons of mass destruction.BUSH: Yeah.PELLEY: No credible connection between 9/11 and Iraq.BUSH: Yeah.PELLEY: The Office of Management and Budget said this war would cost somewhere between $50 billion and $60 billion and now we're over 400. BUSH: I gotcha. I gotcha. I gotcha. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-bush-interview/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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