Boris Johnson Quotes
That is the best case for [George W.] Bush; that, among other things, he liberated Iraq. It is good enough for me.
He was endorsing American President George W. Bush for re-election. Johnson was a real outlier of a politician. Almost all British politicians (as well as American and other national politicians) will not take sides or endorse a particular candidate in a foreign election. But Johnson did so enthusiastically to the distress of the Prime Minister and the Office of Foreign Affairs. He also was unusual in that he was not distressed that the original reason for the Iraq invasion was a fantasy or that the invasion unleashed a Sunni / Shiite Civil War. However, in {636247} he insulted Bush when he endorsed Barack Obama in 2008.
Boris Johnson, Lord Mayor of London (Tory), Daily Telegraph, February 26, 2004
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George W. Bush was very bright, but ineloquent to the distress of many of his supporters who found it embarrassing for the leader of the Free World to be so ineloquent.
The neoconservatives at the time, not only urged the invasion of Iraq, but no sooner did it take place than Ledeen and other neoconservatives were calling for the invasion of other countries in the Middle East that were controlled by dictators.
The inconsistency of the policy logic of attacking Iraq but not the other two countries of the "axis of evil" caused problems for our British allies who preferred justifying the attack on Iraq on its own merit without any linkage to Iran and North Korea. What made the Iraq invasion even more puzzling was that both Iran and North Korea were greater dangers to the United States and expressed a deep animus.
While this probably was a slip of the tongue, President Bush and governor Perry both had civil right and individual had rights as a lower priority than a individual responsibility, strong growth economy or the military. There were many who really believed that the two men really thought excessive personal reedom a problem that people and the government must be protected from, like freedom for a woman to choose an abortion. For Perry in particular many thought that if this was a slip of the tounge, it was likely a Freudian slip as it what he really wants.
English law and United States law are different. The George W, Bush administration has argued that regime change—removing Sadaam Hussein from power and control of Iraq—would be legal under U. S. law. This belief was never tested in the American Courts during the Iraq War.
- Born: June 19, 1964
- Nationality: British
- Profession: Politician
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015 and was previously MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. He has been described as adhering to the ideology of one-nation and national conservatism.
