For the last few months, it seemed as if George W Bush just wanted to get out of the White House and back to Crawford, where he wouldn't have to deal with any more people or problems and he could just forget he was ever president. That may still be the case, but we have learned that President Bush actually has thought on his legacy and his presidency, and he admits that he made some mistakes. No, he really said so.
``I regret saying some things I shouldn't have said,'' Bush said. He cited comments he made after the Sept. 11 attacks, when he said of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden: ``I want justice. There's an old poster out West that said, 'Wanted, dead or alive.'''
He also said he regretted telling Iraqi insurgents in 2003: ``There are some who feel like that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring 'em on.''
Bush also listed the "Mission Accomplished" banner, saying that it "conveyed the wrong message" and that it was never meant to signal the end of the Iraq War. He didn't really elaborate on what it was meant to convey, but that's okay, at least he's sort of thinking about these things now. Maybe we will learn more in the book he plans to publish. If anyone's willing to actually purchase the rights to it.
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