Because I do. I really, really do.
Today at a press conference in Vienna, he was asked why he thinks it is that he has “failed so badly” to garner Europeans’ support for America’s current foreign policy decisions.
His response?
9/11 changed everything.
And not only that, but “For Europe, September the 11th was a moment; for us it was a change of thinking. I vowed to the American people I would do everything I could to defend our people, and will. I fully understood that the longer we got away from September the 11th, more people would forget the lessons of September the 11th. But I’m not going to forget them.”
Take that, Europe—you 9/11-forgetting bastards!
George W. Bush: The consummate diplomat, spreading freedom and generating good will wherever he goes through the judicious use of dismissive condescension.
You can read the transcript of the entire exchange here and watch the video here. Check out the smarmy shrug he gives when the reporter points out that 64% of Austrians believe that our foreign policy is bad for peace.
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