Rachel Maddow: Russian invasion of Ukraine is Bush’s fault, of course

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MSNBC host Rachel Maddow blamed the Russian invasion of Ukraine on — what else? — George W. Bush. And she plans to prove it in an upcoming one-hour telecast she refers to as a documentary.

Maddow appeared on fellow-MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell’s show Monday to give viewers a sneak-peek at what will come in her program titled, “Why We Did It,” which is set to air Thursday, according to MSNBC.

Ignoring President Obama’s own weak leadership and lack of a foreign policy, she instead claimed that Bush’s own Middle East decisions ultimately determined the course of present-day U.S. national security and world events.

“The decisions of our generation on national security are determined more than anything by what the George W. Bush administration did with that 9-year war in Iraq and, alongside it, a 13-year war in Afghanistan that’s still going on,” Maddow said. “And the American people are against those wars.”

And the Bush policies of more than a decade ago are the root cause of — everything, Maddow claimed.

“Those are the determinative constraints for our thinking about everything, from Crimea, to Syria, to what the overall size of the U.S. military is,” she said.

She disregarded last year’s discovery of chemical weapons in Syria — many of which we now know came from Iraq, to drag out the tired refrain that Iraqi weapons of mass destruction were a mere pretext for invading that country.

“We know that the public case for why we were going to Iraq is not true,” she claimed, adding that it all came down to “what Iraq had to offer, not what Iraq was threatening.”

And what Iraq had to offer was the one thing on which the Bush policies was centered — oil, and keeping the price of oil down, Maddow said.

There’s only one problem with that theory. Most of Iraq’s oil exports end up in China and not the United States, as reported Monday by The Washington Post.

Instead of examining the facts and coming up with a theory, she posits a theory and then shoehorns the facts to fit. This is perhaps the major reason Maddow’s ratings are in the weeds.

Watch the interview via MSNBC, then check out “Obamas set new record for vacation travel expenses; stonewalled documents finally released.”

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  • Eric G

    Although I would have liked to watched the video clip provided, I just cannot stand to hear Maddow go on with her propaganda. Interesting she mentions the ongoing war in Afghanistan, but fails to point out BHO was supposed to get us out ASAP. The old stand-by, blame Bush; this has become a tired and meaningless argument except for the hard nosed lefties and their minds are made up anyway. I wonder how much longer Maddow will have her platform on MSNBC, since Megyn Kelly is steamrolling in the ratings.

    • Pamela K. Cahoon Laub

      More people have died in Afghanistan under BHO than GWB. BHO has also hampered the military’s ability to do their jobs.

      • Eric G

        Here are interesting troop stats for both deployment and deaths for U.S. soldiers in both Af and Iq wars in peak year:
        Deployments (peak year)
        Iraq: 2007-220,000
        http://icasualties.org/OEF/ByYear.aspx

      • Georgia Woolett-Roy

        And how is that exactly, Oamela

        • Georgia Woolett-Roy

          *Pamela

          • Eric G

            It’s not hard to get the numbers if you attempt to do the most basic research. Go to official government and military sites and view the reports, then do a mathematical comparison with statistical analysis. That is what people who want to be taken seriously do; they present factual information instead of pushing out propaganda.

      • Shannon C Williamson

        While I don’t take Wikipedia at face value, these stats seem pretty accurate…. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war

        And here is exactly the numbers between 2001 and 2014 in Afghanistan. IMO as a direct result of our Defense being stripped to pay for needless other things. http://34stby2ora6b105yxl1yqt7219yg.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/chart-us-fatalities-afghanistan.jpg

        • WebAddict1

          Yes, our poor, underfunded defense budget. LOL.

          • latxguy

            you know so much about our defense, not!! if you do not want freedom or the 1st bill of rights that allows you to show the fool you are then leave. You are one of the idiots the progressives and Lenin talked about. “look at those idiots doing our work for us; they will not fight however when the real fight starts and we will just need to get rid of them later.”

          • WebAddict1

            So stupid…

            And what the hell is the “1st bill of rights?”

            As opposed to the second? LOL

            What a dummy.

          • latxguy

            OMG!!! you are stupid! LOL. I cannot believe I am wasting my time with you! Go back to school.

          • WebAddict1

            Let me dumb it down for you: There is only ONE bill of rights. I believe, in your feeble manner, you meant to write “1st Amendment.”

        • Eric G

          Please see my earlier comment with the link to official military casualties. Wikipedia is not a reliable source since anyone can add to the topic. However, it is a good starting point but any info must be verified.

    • WebAddict1

      Because Megyn Kelly is the “bubble-headed bleach-blonde (who) comes on at 5. She can tell you ’bout the plane crash, with a gleam in her eye. It’s interesting when people die, give us…” a vacuous dolt in a short skirt…and then claim she’s a “ratings getter” because of her “intellect.”

      LOL

      • Eric G

        Your comment would have been a lot funnier if you even knew when Ms. Kelly’s show actually airs (hint-it’s NOT at 5). Kind of hard to take your comment seriously when you don’t even know who you are talking about. Where did you get your “bubble-headed bleach-blond” description? Since you put it in quotes, I should think you are quoting someone else. Which then means you didn’t even form that opinion by yourself. Keep repeating those talking points, they will continue to motivate people to throw accolades your way.

        Oh, almost forgot-I really am impressed that you could not figure out when the Kelly File airs since I referenced the ratings battle between Kelly and Maddow. Do you even know who any of these people are?

        • WebAddict1

          Uy.

          They’re LYRICS FROM A SONG, dolt. Don Henley, Dirty Laundry.

          God. The imbeciles on message boards…

          • WebAddict1

            And you know, YOU could have googled the lyrics and figured out you were about to make an idîot out of yourself.

          • latxguy

            read your response, your an idiot and fool.

          • WebAddict1

            It’s “you’re,” dolt.

          • Eric G

            So did you steal all of the lyrics or just cover yourself w/ the bubble headed quoted notes. Nice try. Don’t try and pass something off as your own; if you didn’t write it, use quotes for it all.

          • WebAddict1

            I believe it IS quoted, shitlips.

          • Eric G

            Wow, your eloquence shines far and above all of the other comments. It is such a shame there are not more talented, expressive, deeply insightful, and so obviously intellectual retorts as yours.

          • WebAddict1

            Wow. That’s quite an apology after noticing your imbecilic error.

          • lildebrarae

            “God. The imbeciles on message boards…”

            That would be you, since you couldn’t even dispute the facts that Eric G called you out on.

          • WebAddict1

            Why bother? This website already removed my Don Henley critique of the empty-headed fox broadcaster.

        • latxguy

          he doesn’t, read his statements! he is studid!!!

      • latxguy

        go away stupid

        • WebAddict1

          Nope. :)

      • latxguy

        And Polesi or however her name is spelled is more appealing to you!! LOL. take fienstein she fits you!! Megyn has more credibility and a stronger resume than the 2 combined and she is not a crook!

        • WebAddict1

          She has no credibility. She a vacuous bimbo.

          • latxguy

            Hey fool, she is a lawyer and not one that was debarred as Michele or OB who bartered to avoid investigation for fraud. I should say with your eval it should be taken as a compliment!

          • WebAddict1

            Dude, Nancy Grace passed the bar. Keep trying…

          • latxguy

            so did half the folks in jail ; most democrats as In Jessie Jackson Jr and half of the IIlinois politicains. Your point?

          • lildebrarae

            You miss spelled ‘tool’.

          • latxguy

            No. it is just that you have a difficult time reading.

  • jgmambo

    “NO MAS” BS from that funny looking boy .lol

    • David Kerr

      Yeah I wonder about him all the time.

  • Sherry Welch

    I congratulate Rachel MadCow for being the first (that I’ve heard) to pin this on Bush. It makes her look like the buffoon she is. She is saying ALL the wars everywhere are Bush’s fault. Probably even WWI and WWII were his fault. Shoot, maybe the War of Northern Aggression was his fault too. How far back are you going to go with this Mr. MadCow??

    • David Kerr

      All I can say is Ahhhhhahahahahahahaha1

  • BakerBabe

    Nobody believes the tired old phrase “its Bush’s fault” any more than Anybody in the World (particularly Putin) believes obama’s imaginary line or threats are anything but laughable.

  • BJ001

    They blame Bush whenever they don’t want to admit anything negative about their beloved Obama. To lefties Obama is still a messiah and can do no wrong.

    • Richard McGrath

      Blame Bush or play the race card

    • WebAddict1

      Right, because the damage Bush did ended the moment he left office, right?

      • BJ001

        OMG it has been 5 years!! You people blame EVERYTHING Obama screws up on Bush. Enough! It is time to face reality, but I know you lefties don’t live in the real world.

        • WebAddict1

          So, again: after Bush left office, rainbows and unicorns appeared and all our problems went away?

          You can’t undo the damage GWB did in four years or probably even 12.

          In the private sector, he bankrupted as many companies as Donald Trump and nearly ran our country into the ground.

          • lildebrarae

            Obama is in office NOW. Putin has invaded Russia during Obama’s term.

            If Bush was such a weak president as you keep whining about… Please explain why all this crap did not happen in his term?

            Oh that’s right ……as usual …….you’ve got ‘nothing’. Which means ……you’re nothing.

      • BJ001

        What Obama screws up is Obama’s fault. Stop blaming others for Obama’s failures and face reality.

      • lildebrarae

        Tell me ‘dearie’ why are you afraid to let the man ‘you’ voted for take responsibility for the crap that happened in his term?

        The fact is IF it were Bush who ‘re started’ the cold war … as he became a joke ………. you’d be all over that. But since it’s Obama ……oh nonono you have to protect him.

        Thank you so much for illustrating so perfectly the hypocrisy of the Liberals.

  • MissyT111

    Then if Obama is so great at doing so much it will be child’s play for him to make it all better now won’t it?

  • Maureen Smith

    yes because President Bush has been in office for the last few years…it is all of our imaginations that we have had President BHO…our fault for not realizing Bush was really in office …you really went full stupid on this…you never go full stupid.

  • Ray Stone

    How in the name of God is this President Bush’s fault? The Great Lord O has been in office more than five years.When President Bush left office Russia was not a big issue.Today Russia is set to take over a neighboring country/state. Obama gave away the hen house now he wants Bush to pay for the chickens. When is America going to wake up? Obama needs to be removed from Office now,Before Russia get any stupid ideas .Israel is all but done with.Thanks to Obama. He turned his back on them. He is doing all he can to destroy America.He has downsized our Military to point it will take ten years to rebuild after he is out. If he leaves office when his time is up.That remains to be seen. He may call for marshal law to keep his sorry ass in place. So tell me again ,How is this anyone else’s fault. Shoot even Clinton and Holder are clear of this on. It falls on Obama. Putin is no pansy he is a war hardened man with pride. He will stand up to America. He has no fear of Obama period.America wake up and pray hard.

    • WebAddict1

      It’s called HISTORY and its effects have a profound influence on current events, unless you believe life exists in a vacuum.

      • Shannon C Williamson

        No, history has nothing to do with it at this point. And our going to war in Iraq (who gave their WMDs to Seryia) and Afghanistan has NOTHING to do with Russia today. That is the stupidest thing I have heard in some time!
        I swear people need to pull their heads ouf Obama ass, get a grip and face reality!

        • WebAddict1

          Go plug your head back in the sand.

          • lildebrarae

            “Go plug your head back in the sand.”

            Yes “Tool” do take your own advice.

          • WebAddict1

            And yet, another comment deleted by this website. What was the offending/offensive post?

            “Go plug your head back in the sand.”

            Oooh. That rises to the level of necessary censorship.

            It’s clear this site is super right-leaning. Otherwise, why would a comment like that be deleted?

          • lildebrarae

            So sorry but conservatives had their comments deleted too. I certainly did ‘not’ hear ‘you’ complaining then.

      • lildebrarae

        Obviously you do …since according to you Obama really doesn’t exist.

        Thank you again for proving how utterly devoid of credibility, and morals you Liberals are.

        • WebAddict1

          Melt harder, crybaby.

          • lildebrarae

            “Melt harder, crybaby.”

            Wow…. classy.

  • whadayakiddinme

    He makes me sick…..Rachel, that is.

  • NYC✫1625

    You know what’s more disturbing? Their blind eye to the current administration’s behavior.