George W. Bush reflects on Angela Merkel's legacy (Exclusive interview) | DW Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2021
- Exclusive DW interview: Former President George W. Bush reflects on his relationship with Chancellor Angela Merkel and her legacy.
"Merkel brought class and dignity to a very important position and made very hard decisions. She did what's best for Germany, and did so based upon principle," former U.S. President George W. Bush said in an interview with DW Washington Bureau Chief Ines Pohl ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel's farewell visit to the White House on Thursday, July 15.
The interview at the Bush family's summer home in Maine was conducted as part of the DW documentary "Angela Merkel - Navigating a World in Crisis," which will be published on our DW Documentary RUclips channel in September, shortly before the federal elections which will determine Merkel's succession.
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This man dodges questions as good as he dodges shoes. He still got it.
He still is a war criminal a murderer.
the mass murderer*
And all this without vilifying journalists as Fake News. This guy knew other people had the right to their own opinion. Hard to believe after him Republicans found a worse president.
@@jansix4287 There hasn't been a worse president until Biden.
@@Angelum_Band Yes, Trump was indeed worse than Biden and Biden isn’t as bad as Bush.
Maybe he should reflect on all the turmoil and death he caused in The Middle East under the guise of "nation building"
he should...in the time he wasse such a verry blind and onconcious human being... full of corruption nonchalance and ignorant blindness...the smurk on hes face while speeching to the he so called "elite" friends i will never forget...another being that should have never haid the opportunity to rule, and imo wasse incompetent...but who trully is competent? to lead such a leading nation...
Don't forget that Obama got the Nobel peace prize as well and is considered one of the best presidents while he did the same thing
@@privatprivat7279
He was in the secretive skull and bones fraternity as was John Kerry his opponent in one election
@@henrik1743 yeah i dont think Obama did really deserve a nobel peace price. In that he did not really do anything to create peace. I still consider him a good president, im just not convinced of his peace prize
All of us who fought their wars remember it very well.
Can the media stop acting like GWB is an innocent good man?
Well. When a country wants to kill your country, your going to fight them.
I know right. People seem to forget how hated him and his administration were around the Country and the world.
@@StoryTimerJeremiah502 try again....
@@ur3612 hell no man. Trump tried to pull the troops out of Afghanistan but the secretary of defense disobeyed.
@@ur3612 James N. Mattis was the secretary of defense at the time.
“There is a lot of blood spilled because of this guy” -everybody
Are you sure???infact he weakned talibans who could have wipe US
"I, of course, had no idea we were spying on Merkel." Please.
I don't know, he's pretty dumb!
Do you really think Rumsfeld and Chaney told him half the evil shit they did?
@@chiefswife1212 A fair point.
@@chiefswife1212 ,.
Short and to the point !
YES !
I think they kept him " out of the loop", when they conjured up their really seamy , base, Epstein like stuff.
legends say he is still searching nukes in iraq
he wanted to find a reason to kill sadam
@@manojfernando1028 there weren't reasons for taking him down?
@@manojfernando1028 Because Sadam tried to kill his daddy.
@@manojfernando1028 bringing down Saddam and his gangsterish, genocidal regime was our utmost moral duty
@@benaffleckisanokayactor I also think that people forget the longer-term context around the first Gulf War and what happened between then and Gulf War II. Unfortunately, the Bush administration sort of hang their hat on a fairly poor argument/justification, when there were other very clear reasons to take action.
Mind you, I also think it's important to differentiate between the decision to oust Saddam Hussein and the lack of a plan around the aftermath. People tend to conflate these things, but I think they are quite different.
He should make a masterclass about the art of how not to answer a question
War criminals shouldn't be allowed to rehabilitate their image with rosy press tours like this.
So much blood on his hands.
Almost every U.S President are the same.
@@lttan2867 True
George W. Bush is the most notorious war criminal of the 21st century , responsible the deaths of millions. If the US would recognise the Nürnberg principles and International Court for Human Rights he would go straigt to prison. People who are near the Bush network are openly calling to execute Julian Assange. Would a Death sentence be appropriate for someone who reveals war crimes or for someone who committed them?
min 20:00 Guys, Dubya's right...the only way out of this mess is to split Afghanistan right down the middle (Germany '45 , Korea '50 style)...Western Afghan : Free, democratic and secular /Eastern Afghan : Fanatical, totalitarian and religious. Its the ONLY way out...Have a drone fleet patrolling the buffer zone. Tali-bong gets too close to the danger zone ? KABOOM!!!💥💥💥
Sighs and cries too... Of poor innocent civilians... Children and women and the aged and the youth...
When a president from 12years ago is more articulate than your current president
He had time to practice. Do u know how he spoke when he was a president? Just as embarrassing
Sure, he was very good at the art of deceiving people
@@nowisgodinyourlovelylife717 well you have to be in some extent
@@onlything.6276 he was a master during the peak of his career.
I love George Bush despite all his flaws. I'm a black man and i just like the man . Please don't ask me why .
I‘m glad that Schröder and Fisher said no to Iraq War, which was a crime.
Fischer would have been down for it.
I‘m glad too.
Chirac also opposed it.
Did Fisher not fire bomb police, Did not Schröder sell out and cash in on Gazprom?
@@thesunisout2858 What the heck does that have to do with the invasion in Iraq?
This war criminal is roaming around like nothing happened. He should be in jail.
No... Cheney should
I’ll say this again, by that logic we’re all war criminals since we both elected him and supported 1/2 of his wars. Don’t cast your blame all on him when we’re partially responsible.
@@callmecloby8365 Your reasoning is just flawed. Were we there in the board with him when he decided to attack Iraq? These are actions he cleared said he is responsible for. Please use some reasoning.
@@expeditionquran first off, I believe you must be blind to the part where I said, “we supported 1/2 of his wars”. I’m referring to his invasion of Afghanistan more so than Iraq (as that is his responsibility now, not our own). You still have the hold us all accountable though, we elected him.
@ProgM in 2012, roughly 60%.
That was actually more insightful than expected
min 20:00 Guys, Dubya's right...the only way out of this mess is to split Afghanistan right down the middle (Germany '45 , Korea '50 style)...Western Afghan : Free, democratic and secular /Eastern Afghan : Fanatical, totalitarian and religious. Its the ONLY way out...Have a drone fleet patrolling the buffer zone. Tali-bong gets too close to the danger zone ? KABOOM!!!💥💥💥
I'm sure that ISIS and al-Qaida members could also be quite insightful once you get to know them. DW should invite them for interviews.
shouldn"t this guy be in prison for the crimes committed against iraqis
And all the innocent Americans on 911
@@iloveamerica53 👎🖕
No US politician goes to prison for their crimes, but a Soldiers life will be destroyed for taking a stapler!! They have all destroyed America, guess he's still sleeping like a baby, his words after so many Soldiers deaths after fake ass war that made him and buddies billionaires!!
America threatened to invade the Netherlands if just one person was taken to court in The Hage.
Thats justice the American way.
@@touraneindanke America is a paranoid nation
She was never afraid to lead. I am confident to say that Dick Chaney wasn't either.
HA HA
I like Merkel. In January 2017, she became the Leader Of The Free World and conducted herself honorably.
The Cheney administration launched two wars supposedly to democratise two Muslim countries that have only known brutal dictatorship..Good that Cheney is still alive and has seen what a disaster those ‘adventures’ turned out to be. Withdrawing from Afghanistan as big a failure as that from Vietnam. A matter what of time before we see the final evacuation from the roof of the embassy and then the flood of refugees which the US and UK are morally bound to receive.
It’s frightening to see who we’ve allowed and allow to be our leaders!
Yes, I almost forgot how bad he was. He caused a lot of problems we still have to deal with today and is totally deluded about his own achievements.
You can see how bad just by the way he looks
This man should be in a prison for war crimes. Send him to guantanamo bay!
Like basically any world leader these days.
@@imgonnastealyourgirl So True....i am still amazed when Putin hi-5 MBS at UN (just after kashoggi murder) I was like gawd dayum...these guys dont give a .....
@SuperStraight WhiteStudies You're still badly trying to troll and fail.
Keep at it or just create a new account and start over again ^^
Instead he is in his summer home 😂😂😂🏡🏡🏡👆👆👆
Hey woah, he's friends with Obama's wife!
He’s not in prison? Holy shit, I thought we had a justice system?
Why should he be in a prison?
He is a HERO!!!!
@@anshagrawal6289 hes a war criminal
The only one who goes to prison is Stupid Trump! Lolol
@@Timetraveler101 ohh shut up, your probably an 18 year old who just got insta and follows the sheep
This is a document of an era that is slowly passing away. Good to see these important politicians, good or not so, of our early century had such friendly relations.
He’s a war criminal
Congrats for the initiative of the Interview
Disgusting interview!!! as Afghanistan is drowning in blood, ask him about that!!!!!! His legacy and his daddy's legacy
Hitler and Stalin are pure evil, this guy is in their boat
This interview was about Merkel, not Afghanistan. Of course he will talk about what he is asked about.
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Hello hope you are okay
@@nothereandthereanywhere sure they do. All politicans. Always. Only the truth. The whole truth.
This guy should reflect on his own legacy during which he triggered an illegal war in Iraq from 2003 which caused the death of thousands of American troops and the death of a million of Iraqi citizens.
If we were living in a real democracy, he would be in jail...
...and don't forget building collapse in the big apple on a sunny september day
Millions? How millions?
@@GowthamNatarajanAI Search for "ORB survey of Iraq War casualties" on your favourite search engine on internet.
@@donkykon2094
Building seven was obvious detonation
@@donkykon2094 and? the amount of people who died in 911 is minuscule compared to the Iraq war
From a President to a Simple Painter, That`s Greatness
A good man.
You mean a war criminal.
I listened to this interview so you don't have to.
Bush (6:40): "I think if we start with the premise that we're all God's children and every life matters..."
Iraqi child: "Except my life, right George?"
And Afghani kid as well
And Somalis, Yemeni grooms and brides as well as many others
Thank you for taking one for the team! Did W mention what great shoulder-rubs they used to share?
"We are all God's children and every life matters!"... yeah, right, Mr President!!!!
@Michael Burgess Freemason mafia gang member like all other politician. Think about that America never have had a male president. When that becomes common knowledge things might happen..
@мαχαιя Brown people, Yellow people, Black people, and non-British White people are not people am I right?
@мαχαιя I meant, in the eyes of the American politicians (and probably lot of American citizens), these people aren't considered as people when they use the word "people".
Also, I meant "non-British" as "non Western Europeans", my apology for the poor choice of word
The dude knows his script
Lol 6 months ago he accept “blm”
He should be interviewed for War Crime not about Markel.
Merkel wants to look good as she departs. Through she keeps steady company with George Soros, and his ilk.
Bush did nothing wrong. Why don’t you talk about how Bush help vaccinate hundreds of millions of people in Africa and perhaps saved ten of millions of people because of it.
@@namenotfound8747 may be you live in some other parallel world where bush is considered hero of humanity.
@@TheTruthDawah Do your research on Bush before spewing your anti-American views. Bush was no saint, but you really must not know about how the US governments’ three branches of government work, how nato or how the rules of war work.
What about the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?
Bush shouldn’t say anything about leaving Afghanistan after 20 yrs. Had he not left it to go to war in Iraq based on a lie and stayed to finish the job, all would have been different and for sure fewer would be dead & women would be in a better place.
US Soldier here, 100% TRUE!!!!
U forgot the American Victims sacrificed at9 11 and how he is a traitor he fooled the American public into
A lie that caused over 2 million iraqi lives in result of the skull n bones oil fever and the average good working citizen
Gave their lives for absolutely nothing zero. Its shameful that he still can walk the streets wile the Americans whom gave their lives are in their graves ! He should be in jail rotting
Wrong. Even if Iraq was never invaded, and all US STATE department efforts was put on conducting the war against Terr in Afghanistan...you still would have lost. It's the graveyard of empires and America's time was up starting 9 Eleven
The Taliban as we speak, are stronger today than they were in 1996-2001. Haha
All your soldiers dishonored by your leaders who are motivated by other things...not you!
@@BoqPrecision Actually, that’s not true at all. They are substantially weaker than they were in 1996-2001, and are significantly outnumbered by Afghan defence forces.
There’s no question that the Taliban remain a threat, but that threat is unquestionably smaller than it once was. The challenge now is for the current Afghan government to either defeat or find some formal accommodation with the Taliban.
His take on the irrational fear of nuclear power is spot on. We could have been much further along in our transition away from fossil fuels if it wasn't for the irrational fear of nuclear power.
George W. Bush ought to be reflecting on his own legacy from a cell in The Hague.
They said they would send a navy seal team if we did.
Delusional.
Thanks for letting us know!!!
He has the sighs, blood and desperate cries of millions of innocent hapless children, women and men on his hands and shoulders. How does he even go about his daily business carrying all of this? This can be the perfect material for research.
He is a psychopath
I’m pretty sure he regrets it. The odd thing is we cast blame onto him when we supported his invasion of Afghanistan out of revenge. Sure, he took it further than necessary and that’s on him, but he’s basically the embodiment of the nation’s spirit at the beginning of the 2000s.
The nation's "spirit" in killing hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians? The nation's "spirit" in invading Iraq based on lies, that took not only Iraqi lives, but also American lives... The nation's spirit to devastate an entire nation to find a terrorist? Right?The nation's "spirit" has apparently remained at the same level... throughout... The nation's "spirit" to bomb Syria and other war-torn middle eastern countries... The nation's spirit in the most bombing of Iraq.. El Salvador, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other war-torn middle eastern countries... The list is long... The nation's "spirit" does not call for the hanging of one of history's deadliest war criminals... the deadliest terrorist going by his killing statistics... Is it a nation then? Or some kind of an demonland?
@@callmecloby8365 STFU, Can he or u bring the millions of innocent pepole have died, or give justice to those who got raped and tortured, can u!!?? He only brought chaos and lawlessness in the middle east
@@karimtarig88 Ur soldiers and officers made that happen! Like in the Korean war, its you people that are sick. Not just GWB.
oh look, a war criminal interview. Didn’t know they allowed interviews in prison… oh wait.
Exactly!!!!!!!
I can’t believe this is really happening
@@freepalestine7687 his PR team doing one hell of a job “the nice grandpa painting ugly paintings at home” his dumb smile obviously helps to distract from his deeds
Angela offers the same smile to everyone and that is the key to her success because no one knows what is behind the smile
In her very first post-election statement Merkel offered Trump close cooperation on the basis of shared values such as democracy, liberty and human dignity. Both knew right away that they were no fans of each other.
I do, pure evil
@@petebatfish1373 Guy's such a Liar he ot his own Video: "On the Rehabilitation of Monsters - SOME MORE NEWS"
Turns out he was absolutely right about Afghanistan withdrawal.
And the North Stream
DW Should do more these, release your interviews in full form. Frontline started doing it sometime ago and it was wildly successful. We want to hear the interviews of experts in entirety, not just the clips that make into the documentary version.
Yes, call it "chats with war criminals"
@@JaneDoe-hk9kj lmao 😂
There is such a thing as good short term history, your history was clear at the time, and is still very clear.
Please send this guy to Iraq
The Iraqis are waiting to give him hospitality.
Mr bush says “ it breaks my heart”. Is he joking? Is he trying to convince people that he has a heart?
The Bush/Cheney ticket were like the Scarecrow/Tinman from The wonderful Wizard of Oz: Bush had a heart but no brain, Cheney a brain but no heart 😉
To be honest, he is a dead man speaking. Dead in every sense of the term. 😆😄
What would you have done if you were attacked in 2001? Did you see those attacks on NY . Stop being petty. He brought some order in the world …
He is Satan
That’s a typical western word of saying “ I don’t give a damn”
This interview is the common mans Linkedin recommendation by friends type.
😆😆😆
So, when this offspring and his UK friend will go to jail for the crimes committed?
See the movie vice
You a friend of Saddam's?
@@echt114 no, I'm his brother from
another Ma'zer
Sleeping well after killing a million civilians is a skill.
yeah skills all americans have.
I think that why he is trying to do so much for people nowadays. He is trying to redeem himself and alleviate his consciousness.
He should be interrogated, not interviewed.
You are not God so judging is not your dominion, and he has done nothing wrong, he is often seen as a positive world leader. By majority most feel that the Iraq War was justified, the Middle East and Near East are better off.
@@shawntipton5078 Excuse you? Who thinks the Iraq war was justified? The war was illegal under international law and killed a minimum of 200,000 civilians. The entire reason we were told we needed to go in was all a lie and the region is worse off now than before we went in. It was a colossal blunder and there really is no debate, in my opinion.
@@bodombeastmode God, people on RUclips are pointless and stupid, they really are. The Iraq War had massive popular support in it's day and continues to do so today, Iraqis for instance largely thank the outcome of the war in ending a a tyrant and giving birth to a notable electoral government and In no way is the Iraq War an illegal war, it is a legal war carried out by many international governments under the supervision of the UN council. Right and wrong are points of view, nothing more.. as for the Middle East, and Near East it is actually fairly stable large region, for instance Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Israel are all mostly prosperous countries. the reason for the war was given outright - the removal of tyrants, the disarmament and ending of the Al-Qaeda threat and the stability of the region, all of which happened, all legal war goals, no other reason was given
@@shawntipton5078 The majority of Iraqis don't feel that way.
@@bodombeastmode Proof that he killed that amount of people, the nutcases of the world live in middle east and they view human life like a bug but hey its all good in the name of that religion
George Bush's satisfied laugh when Trump was brought up, "yeah, he makes me look like a saint"
@Rafael Dejesus
What would you call it when the US "eliminates" a general from a foreign nation (Iran) without declaring war?
@@oneshothunter9877 come on... it's literally nothing compared to other psychopathic presidents
@@dioc8699
Well, I Guess you're right - kind of.
But I wasn't comparing to anyone else.
My point of view is that it's a dangerous road to follow...actions like this will not bring peace and understanding - which is what this World needs.
@@oneshothunter9877 Said general was funding ISIS to kill US soldiers
Bush sat on his hands while a major American city drowned for 5 days with no food or water, but Orange man bad.
Very rarely war criminals are this likable.
@ProgM I meant he has very likable personality...
Surprisingly he seems less stoned and more clear minded now than the time he was president 😂
They don’t have kush in Gitmo
Wisdom comes with age,
@@williamochiel90 I doubt that! 😒
Why is this 😐criminal not in jail with all the atrocities he committed?
Title should be " War Criminal reflects on international Arms Dealer's legacy "
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The forever war president, kills 5,000 servicemembers looking for a holy grail in Iraq. This post sponsored by Halliburton.
But at least he was a badass president and had balls unlike our previous president
Go get your shine box
I almost gagged when he talked about every human life having a value and being a "simple painter". Barf.
The Virus President (Trump). Kills 600k Americans and counting.
World would be more peaceful without such a person.
Yeah, because the Taliban and Saddam Hussein were sooooooooooooooooooooo peaceful. Cry me a river
@@wowomah6194 And the Taliban are back, good job idiot xD
He should apologize to the victims he murder
I think he cant , he genuinely believed he brought peace and democracy to the World again via weapons abd only killed "evil people ".
@ProgM they are not let free after crimes because of what they believe either
@ProgM American knows why it doesnt do den haag, Yeah 9/11, BUSH etc was the end of free World, but seeing trump i really muss the good ole war criminal ;-D
@Future Logic i Was a Alex Jones sheep too, but it wasnt Bushs brother :-D Things stay classified because it Was a major crime, some security involved but basically because of the involvment of many stated like Saudi arabia, pakistan..."allied". So there is a Cover up, just not an easy trumpo-jones answer. No, hillary didnt ram WTC with the Pizza delivery truck full if thermite and instabile lizard people.
@Captain Harlock no, you trumpsters just dont know how logic works...and if course they hide sonething its just not your Alex Jones pioe dreams.
Old Saying Goes like this "In Baghdad the Rivers are Hiding Weapons of MD Underneath"
No rivers for Iraqs it’s old dry!!
@@majedalgahtani3639 It Dried out to Reveal The Atomic Rockets Underneath ...what a Miracle !
@@stabsoffizierschnitzernazi1478 funny how people can't understand sarcasm 🤣
This sorry excuse for a human should reflect on his own life for once and maybe he'll realize the devastation he has caused to millions of people abroad and thousands of Americans who lost their life because of his greedy oil war
please forget the oil
long liv invasion of afghanistan
What oil? The US produces as much oil as Arabian oil countries. What stupid thing are you talking about?
@@dotamaze you idiot I'm talking about how usa keeps it's own oil prices low and feeds his allies with.
You think it's cheap to export oil from the American continent to Europe. The real money isn't made from domestic oil usage. It's made when it's exported out
Mr. President, sir, I fully agree on your viewpoint on dismantling nuclear power in Germany.
It´s one of the most stupid political decisions during the reign of Gerald Schröder and Angela Merkel in Germany.
The German people will pay a very high price for this miscalculation which includes the massive reliance on russian gas via the baltic sea gas pipeline.
How could they?
U.S also made a huge mistake not continuing to build nuclear power.
Germans dont have any faith. We are doing everything to bei "good". I dont know why, but When i see Mr. Bush face in this hard Times and compare it to Mr. Obamas face... Ist really start to respect Mr. Bush.
what happened to building 7?
Justice Roberts may know too. The hiding of cabal monies.
LOL!!
How about that. War criminal normalization.
They normalized it when they let him get away with it
To be fair, most if not all presidents who served in the 20th and 21st centuries have committed war crimes, with the exception perhaps of Jimmy Carter. It wasn’t normalised with Bush, rather, by the long line of presidents that came before him. His war was much more personal to America, so got a lot more media attention than the military operations of previous administrations. Combine this with him losing the popular vote and the shady dealings in Florida in the 2000 election, and it becomes clear that instead of fixing the problems of the system, it’s just easier to call GWB a war criminal.
A "special relationship"? He can't remember the last time they spoke and remembers just two occasions when they met? Sounds deep!
During his time in power it probably was a special relationship. I don't think he would have given such a pleasant interview - certainly he has been critical of other politicians. He made it clear that since he left the presidency he stepped far back from politics. One must also understand in politics at that level, because Ms. Merkel has still been in power, she and others cannot maintain certain friendships until after the leader steps down because of political ramifications.
@@tigress63 a kind reply but you do realize this was PR?
@@paestum70 PR for what? :D
@@Essenkiller Gee I don't know? Could it possibly be to resuscitate his image as one of the worst Presidents we ever had as a nation? Hmmm....
I'm I the only one who explodes laughing when I say the portrait?
He is the one who said it was a crusade. Now his heart breaks... he forgot the results of earlier crusades.
Did he say it was a crusade? I think it's understandable that he expresses a broken heart. A big side benefit of defeating the Taliban government was that women could reclaim their freedoms across Afghanistan. Whatever your thoughts about the "war on terror", surely freeing Afghan women and girls is uncontroversial.
@@kuribojim3916 this is another nonsense that he is uttering. When he was bombing innocent civilians INCLUDING women and children, where was he hiding then? Now, that he knows US lost the crusade, he is trying to get sympathy by talking about women.
Afghan women are already free and happy, he and the ignorant western public should focus on their own problems.
@@Musuf2009 "Afghan women are already free and happy"
Are you referring to the period between 1996-2001?
I think the odd thing is that he’s become oddly… reflective? Idk, he just sounds different.
@@Musuf2009 ah yes I’m sure Wahhabism, an ultra conservative religious ideology that was extreme even by 1920 standards, was great for women.
Best way of explaining this is to look at Saudi Arabia. Wahhabism is most prevalent there and actively supported by the House of Saud. Sticking in line with Wahhabist doctrine, a woman can be legally controlled by their husband and has very few rights. Same thing happened in Afghanistan.
i said the samething when Rumsfeld finally kicked the bucket... "there's a place in hell" for someone like him...
Couldn't agree more ....
I only wish there was a hell. Sad face.
Rumsfeld is a fallen war criminal, and other criminals such as Bush and Cheney will fall to the dustbin of history.
I wish there was justice. Those people make decisions that cause so much grief and suffering on all sides. But they themselves and their families live in peace. If there is a hell it should be that they suffer every parents pain who lost a child because of them.
Man, did that old sob age like rotten wood too. I hadn't seen any recent pictures of Rumsfeld until the time of his death.
so he has become the one who assesses the other leaders' legacy now ?
There is nothing he can do to repair the damage he has caused: i'm talking about the damage of having invested in the wrong person.
Persons invested in him , used his name and robben the Bank. He was horrible as potus, trump saved him from being the worst President ever, his failure even was worse than open admitted crooks like lbj . Its sad, he rallye seems to be a nice person apart from starting war crimes.
@Ben KenobiBen, if you think the emperor was great so was Trump:-D
Hypocrisy at its peak: A devil who has killed millions of Muslims with false assumptions is talking about "compassion" & "religious freedom".
Biggest warcriminal
Bush is pretty terrible too.
taliban are worse
@@TheLeaf50
How old are you?
9?
LBJ and Nixon are also war criminals.
@@TheLeaf50 how dare you? Shut up
Judging by the way he speaks, he has become much like a good politically informed ordinary pensioner.
Also, he started an illegal war that has cost over a million people their lives, making him a mass murderer, but who's counting
While the reporter was still in her introduction, I disliked this video and clicked on something else.
War criminal
He works out to be much more alert and approachable than he was usually through his reign, however, he is still super superficial.
Angela is definitely the greatest European leader to have ever existed. Intelligent, pragmatic, polite and strategic. Hopefully Europe and the world will produce more people like her.
You do not know want you are saying. You are ignorant. You definitely do not know what is going on in Germany. In fact, she is the worst and most evil German politician since World War Two. Do not forget where she was raised and what function she once had.
I would say that we had some great leaders in Europe in past history, politicians that maybe you never heard about. I remember when she came to Rome and met with the mayor Virginia Raggi, she didnt even know that she was the mayor..
Macron is smarter.
Ha german propaganda macron was way better
I don’t get it, how’s he not in jail
13:41 This goes for every nation on earth. The middle group of good people is always a majority but is obscured by the fringe left and fringe right.
Well said. Thanks
George W. Bush was a far right President and took the United States into the invasion of Iraq under false pretenses and should be tried for murder for the deaths of the resulting deaths of over 4,000 American soldiers and 100,000 Iraqi civilians.
@@matthewkopp2391 And you are answering to what now?
@@matthewkopp2391 he know Iraq don't have wmd and the reports were wrong , he invade iraq to take oil and destroy the counrty to protect isreal .
Just like in Iran? Where only the fringe left want religious freedom? So wanting religious freedom is somehow not done by good people?
I saw a vid of his dad saying if the public knew what we did, they would hng us or soemthing, was it him or his dd
America's decline began in earnest on his watch.
Yeah u thought this is th end of freedom, which it Was, but then came trump and we reached end of logic, any decency and end of accountability totally. What shambles the World is in, glad u csn remember the times before. Lots of issues, but at least some sense.
Oh please..... Without the US, we would Communist slaves decades ago
@@hovawartfreunde4599 yep, totally agree, thats the real inside job we lost freedom, bit i never did know with trump we also woukd loose reason , logic and human decency.
Thank you very much
She should be interviewing him from prison cell at the Hague..
Guantanamo, water boarding would be more convinient.
Love it ! :)
LOL, the painting is hilarious. 🤣
You should see the painting epstine had in his house of g.w bush google it lol tells you so much
This man is not a painter, he’s a war criminal.
Why??
Agreed.
agree
Holy sh*t. That painting is priceless.
Looks like a Guillermo del Toro creature about to pop out of the canvas
It is as good as his presidency was
What's terrifying is that him, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and powel think they did nothing wrong.
I don’t think that’s true. I think they believe their core policy decisions were sound but mistakes were made within those decisions. Look, Afghanistan and Iraq are two wars history will not look kindly on. That being said, Sadam Hussein was a legitimately evil dude & I think removing him from power was the right thing. Did they do it the right way? No. Is the Middle East safer now than it was in the early 2000s? No. And Afghanistan sheltered & protected terrorists. That’s were Bin Laden was after 9/11.
Bush is one of those politicians who…I don’t agree with him on pretty much anything. But I can’t help but like him. That’s rare.
if you're talking about the removal of a suicidal genocidal tyrant like saddam and putting him on trial for genocide and being the world's largest state sponser of terrorism as of 2003 and invasion & annexation of other countries then yes, he did nothing wrong.
that would be a good argument if you didn't kill hundreds of thousands of civilians as you do always in your wars...God forbid you go change oppressive regimes in china, or north korea, or russia...but you are a coward states...learn your history buddy...massacre of natives, slavery,
@@MrGittz " Is the Middle East safer now than it was in the early 2000s? "
I think Iraq is safer now. First of all, there is no saddam there to cause the US to bomb the country again...thats a big step in the right direction!
All the muppets in this forum that simply say "war criminal! Period." just dont see the bigger picture. Saddam was the causal source of the whole mess. The US made it worse of course, but the Iraqi people, if they had any shred of sense, would be thanking their lucky stars that they didnt end up under the totalitarian rule of a guy like Kim Jong.
Can someone pls tell me: Where is Wahington?
warhawk neocon , single handedly responsible for Iraq war
And in a way the Syrian war as well. It destabilized the whole region.
This person will pay for every single soul when standing in front of God. Following his evil father.
And Merkel is also going to be punished.
Talk about Dick Cheney....
It’s not for you to judge.
Belgium survived, so Merkel did her job.
I feel he is a good man. He made mistakes by not for the wrong reasons
Killing +1M People?
That he is a good man at the core is evidenced by his legacy. Now, I don't mean that ironically.
Iraq was certainly a mistake - but the comparison with Russian aggression against Ukraine is grossly off.
However, while G. Bush is assessed only through the lens of Iraq, it is completely overlooked that it was he who pushed through the PEPFAR programme - to which he is credited with saving 25 million lives. It was (and is) so successful that it has had an impact on life expectancy in a number of African countries.
The joke is that almost no one knows about it. Liberals only see Bush through Iraq, conservatives are not a comparable group that would appreciate a humanitarian program. In other words: he got no positive political points for it, and he knew it. And yet he did it because he believed it was the right thing to do.
If we want politicians to make the right decisions, this must not be forgotten in evaluating Bush's legacy. If we can't even appreciate saving 25 million lives, then we don't deserve to have the future be kind to us.
Pity on this news channel thaf interviewed him
Is no one going to talk about that painting?
War Criminal Interview
The difference between Bush and Hitler is that Hitler failed at painting.
Nice job interviewing a war criminal. Are you gonna do a special series at the Hague next?
I was dying from laughter @2:13, hahaah
What would Putin would have to say about Angela Merkel?
God keep him alive to see their Defead in Afghanistan this the person who said new world order now he is saying my heart breaks
He is disgusting. Always was. But I hope you see that it's always politicians that create hate not common people. I hope you will find peace in your country and live good lives. I wish that there was more equality in this world.
Honest question. Why does he have his name initialed on his shirt?
He could be a great actor in Hollywood....
You talking about human rights is Nero dousing the fire in Rome... 😄😆
Not that I like the guy but how come he seems so much more coherent now than when he was President???
Well all presidents before the Orange orangutan sound intelligent and decent
Lying is destroying America..!!
I’m disappointed in DW news after this interview. The interviewer is barely challenging his answers. She’s just giving him a platform to respond to easy questions. DW used to have a great record for me.