March 08, 2006
Worth the price of the book to read one page...
I'm still waiting for my copy of the book, but got a teaser from Orrin Judd
As Fred Barnes details in his very fine book, George W. Bush is so fascinated by and admiring of the strike on Osirak in 1981 that when he visited Israel as a governor he asked if he could meet with the squadron that flew the mission and thanked them personally. Anyone who doesn't get that he'll launch similar strikes against Iran if they continue to develop nuclear weapons just hasn't been paying attention for the past seven years.
Good to know. The Osirak strike, by Israel on the reactor Saddam bought from the French, and intended to use to create nuclear fuel for bombs, was one of the most splendid feats of arms of our time. And it saved us from the nightmare of a nuclear-armed terror-supporting Saddam Hussein. We owe Israel a big debt, and I'm thrilled to read that President Bush knows it, and knew it back when he was just a governor, ignorant, as everyone has heard (ha ha) of foreign affairs...
Posted by John Weidner at March 8, 2006 04:55 PMI'd imagine that Bush's interest was as a fighter pilot rather than as a statesman.
Wait, I thought Dubya had never visited anyplace other than Mexico before he became President?
So, not only had he heard of Osiraq, but he had visited Israel?
Perhaps he's not the rube that he's made out to be??
Posted by: Lurking Observer at March 9, 2006 01:31 PMI'll let you know, when the book arrives...
Posted by: John Weidner at March 9, 2006 02:46 PMI think it's safe to be sure he's not "the rube that he's made out to be". It's seemed to me all along that 63 million people (or whatever the number was) were so gullible and/or stupid that they were all hornswaggled by a rube. I look forward to reading more of the book.
Posted by: j. anne at March 11, 2006 05:41 AM
