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'Iron-ass' Cheney and 'arrogant' Rumsfeld damaged America, says George Bush Sr

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Former US president George HW Bush has hit out at Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, two of the most senior figures in his son's administration, labelling them too "hardline" and "arrogant" in their handling of the September 11 attacks.

A new biography of the 41st president – Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey Of George Herbert Walker Bush – reveals that Bush Sr held Cheney and Rumsfeld responsible for the hawkish stance that "hurt" his son's administration, Fox News reported on Wednesday.

The book, by Jon Meacham, is based on audio diaries that Bush recorded during his time in the White House, as well as interviews with the former president and his wife, Barbara.

Cheney served as defence secretary during George HW Bush's 1989-1993 presidency and later as vice-president under President George W Bush. After 9/11, Bush Sr told his biographer: "I don't know, he just became very hardline and very different from the Dick Cheney I knew and worked with.

"The reaction [to 9/11], what to do about the Middle East. Just iron-ass. His seeming knuckling under to the real hard-charging guys who want to fight about everything, use force to get our way in the Middle East," Bush told Meacham in the book, which is due to be published next week.

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... says George Bush, Sr., son of a big banker and shipping magnate who supported Hitler in WWII.

How in the world did either of the two Bushes get into office? Americans forget so easily. Google or DuckDuckGo search on "Bush Nazi."



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