Former United States President George W. Bush mistakenly described the invasion of Iraq as “brutal??? and “unjustified” before correcting himself to say he meant to refer to Russia’;s invasion of Ukraine.
Bush made the comments in a speech during an event in Dallas on Wednesday, while he was criticising Russia’s political system.
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
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“The result is an absence of checks and balances in Russia, and the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq,” Bush said, before correcting himself and shaking his head. “I mean, of Ukraine.”
