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Mike Wallace Liberal Hall of Shame
"This is not, in my estimation, a good war." "George Washington was commander in chief and president of the United States," Wallace said. "Franklin Roosevelt was commander in chief and president of the United States. I don’t have to persuade anybody about the validity of those two guys." "The president of the United States, without a great deal of background in foreign policy, makes up his mind and believes he was sent by somebody to free the people – not just in Iraq, but around the world?" "I don't know how we got into a position where our present commander in chief and the people around him had the guts to take our kids and send them on what seems to be – it sure is not a noble enterprise." According to MRC, Wallace's comments came as he contrasted World War II with today. "We knew what we were fighting for," he said. "We knew how important it was. We loved our country. We loved our commander in chief. We respected the people with whom we worked and we were caught up in a, as I say, in a mutual enterprise, if that's the word, the world needed but the Americans were able to bring and when finally Pearl Harbor came and we were, we finally got in, it was a damn good thing that we did." "They were right with George Washington," he said. "He had been a military person. But I'm not sure whether a non-military commander in chief, no matter which party he's from or no matter who he or she is, whether a non-military commander in chief has the background and the instincts to make a decision to take us to war." Posted: June 2, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern
Bob Woodward: “The President still believes, with some conviction, that this [the Iraq war] was absolutely the right thing, that he has the duty to free people, to liberate people, and this was his moment.” Mike Wallace: “Who gave George Bush the duty to free people around the world?” Woodward: “That’s a really good question. The Constitution doesn’t say that’s part of the Commander-in-Chief’s duties.” Wallace: “The President of the United States, without a great deal of background in foreign policy, makes up his mind and believes he was sent by somebody to free the people — not just in Iraq, but around the world?” Woodward: “That’s his stated purpose. It is far-reaching, and
ambitious, and I think will cause many people to tremble.” CBS’s 60 Minutes - April 18, 2004 |
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