W. - Clueless in Las Vegas

Late last month, George W. was in Las Vegas to attend a closed-door meeting  with the Republican Jewish Coalition.  His remarks to the 700 potential donors to his brother's presidential campaign were, to say the least, interesting.

W. said he believed lifting the sanctions against Iran as part of a nuclear arms agreement is a bad idea and that the framework of the international agreement would be bad in the long-term.  "You think the Middle East is chaotic now?  Imagine what it looks like for our grandchildren.  That's how Americans should view the deal."

Mr. Middle East "Expert" went on to say he believed that "pulling out of Iraq was a strategic blunder." 

As MSNBC's Steve Benen pointed out:

"1.  Presidents who launch two massive wars that destabilized the entire Middle East probably shouldn't warn about his successor making the region 'chaotic.'"

what eye thynk:  That was exactly my reaction...though I wouldn't have put it so politely.

"2.  When U.S. forces withdrew from Iraq, it was under the terms of a Status of Forces Agreement negotiated by George W. Bush."

I realize that W. is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but you'd think he'd be at least vaguely aware that he put his signature on an exit agreement with the country he had invaded.

"3.  Bush may not like the idea of a nuclear agreement with Iran, but President Obama is now making up for the fact that Bush could have struck a better deal but failed to even try, and Iran's nuclear capabilities grew far more serious--without consequence--on Bush's watch."

And this is the man Jeb told his supporters he looked to for advice on foreign policy.  Good grief.