Bush knows well his legacy is tied to results in Iraq
By Chris Masters
Joan King loses all credibility as a political commentator when she asserts this: “President Bush wants to pass the war on to his successor. If he can’t claim success in Iraq, at least the failure can be attributed to someone else.”
Here is a simple truth for our times: President Bush cannot escape responsibility for the war, whether it be blame or credit. His reputation and legacy are tangled inextricably in the war. He is well aware of that. When Ms. King asserts that he aims to disentangle himself from it, she shows us how thin her analysis is in matters related to the war and larger questions of national security.