The House of Bush's next-in-line John Ellis "J.E.B." Bush has spent the past week digging himself deeper into a hole over his statement that, knowing what we know now, he'd still launch an invasion of Iraq. First, he tried claiming that he misunderstood the question, even though his answer didn't reflect that. Then he tried ducking the question by saying it dishonored those who served, as if dying in a war based on lies wasn't bad enough. Now, he's saying he would have stayed out. His erstwhile competitors are circling him in the water, too.
J.E.B.'s continuing gaffes not only remind the public of his brother Dumbya's reckless stupidity (who advises him on Middle East foreign policy), but that he'd bring the same foreign policy and discredited advisors to the White House with him. Equally significant, it supports the growing narrative that the ISIS threat and Iran's surging influence in the region are a direct result of his brother's decisions to launch the war against Iraq twelve years ago.
(cartoon: Steve Breen, via Gocomics.com)
