George W. Bush Accidentally Calls Invasion of Iraq 'Unjustified and Brutal' While Discussing War in Ukraine
George W. Bush spoke about election security today at the George W. Bush Institute at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. During his remarks he discussed the war in Ukraine and made an unreal Freudeian slip.
Speaking in Dallas this afternoon, former President George. W Bush made a significant verbal slip-up while discussing the war in Ukraine.
— Michael Williams (@michaeldamianw) May 19, 2022
He tried referencing what he described as the “wholly unjustified and brutal invasion” — but said Iraq, instead of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/tw0VNJzKmE
"The result is an absence of checks and bnalances in Russia and the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean of the Ukraine."
Bush then chuckled and noted that he's 75-years old as the crowd laughed at the error. Bush launched the invasion of Iraq in 2003 as part of the War on Terror in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Similar things have been said about the Iraq War ever since.