Bush Regrets Being a Warmonger?

First photo official White House Portrait

Second photo from source, TimesOnline

George W. Bush has regrets? Really? Well, sort of, but he doesn't so much regret being a warmonger as having appeared to be one. At least that's how I read this story. Mostly, I'm struck by the picture. At the end of a President's last term, there is often talk about how much the 4 or 8 years has aged them.

In this case (as you can see in the two photos), this is certainly true.

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President Bush regrets his legacy as man who wanted war

President Bush has admitted to The Times that his gun-slinging rhetoric made the world believe that he was a “guy really anxious for war” in Iraq. He said that his aim now was to leave his successor a legacy of international diplomacy for tackling Iran. . .

Read more at: Times Online