Bush in his memoir to defend his legacy: I want to go down in history not Oba spiritual Policy

Make the former U.S. President George W. Bush, in his memoirs, published yesterday, entitled «decisive moments», tremendous efforts to defend his legacy controversial, and the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, insisting that he wanted to «be a part of history».

Bush spoke to the newspaper «The Times» British yesterday published excerpts of the book, about his close relationship with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and «special relationship» between the United States and Britain. Referring to Blair's face a vote of no confidence against him in the House of Commons on the eve of the Iraq war, pointing out that he offered him a retreat from participation in the invasion, so as not to overdo b «wisdom and strategic thinking as Prime Minister staunch ally and important». But Blair told Bush his commitment to participate in the war, saying: «If it cost me (fall) the government, nothing wrong with that».

But Bush is not satisfied with the position of public opinion in Britain, during the Iraq war and after, when he said: «No matter how people look at in England. Frankly, their views did not interest me at that time in some cases ».

Takes Bush the opportunity to publish the book, to defend the invasion of Iraq and toppling President Saddam Hussein, saying for the last: «the enemy, and swept through the states, and everyone thought he had weapons of mass destruction, and it was clear that he possessed the capacity to manufacture weapons of mass destruction, and that he has connections, not those who killed Americans in (attacks) September 11 (September), but with terrorist networks ».

Bush expresses «surprise» for the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but he believes that the survival of Saddam Hussein in power was to lead to a «nuclear arms race», saying that «25 million» Iraq «live better without him».

And Bush spoke in his book «tactical errors» committed during his presidency, such as banner «Mission Accomplished», which rose on the aircraft carrier «USS Abraham Lincoln» in 2003, and to distance himself from them, and cut early for many U.S. troops in Iraq after the invasion, and his failure in dealing with Hurricane Katrina which hit New Orleans.

He pointed to the inability of U.S. forces after the invasion, on the face of looting, explosions, the organization of «rule», also expressed reservations about the procedures and decisions taken after the invasion, in particular, the dissolution of the Iraqi army and de-«Baath». He said: «Iraq's Shiites and Kurds - the majority of the population - have welcomed the complete rupture of (era) of Saddam. But the psychological impact of the decisions did not Oscservh. Much of the year considered an indication of no place for them in the future of Iraq. Instead of joining the new army, joined the rebels ».

And welcomes his successor, President Bush continued Barack Obama's task against the «Taliban» and «base» in Afghanistan, and the exercise pressure on Pakistan to fight the extremists on its territory. And warns that allowing for «Taliban» and «base» to restore their control of Afghanistan, will «our security at risk».

It also acknowledges that three people have been exposed to technology waterboarding, which refused to be considered torture, asserting that the information extracted from these, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the September 11 attacks, «have contributed to the aborted plots to attack oil facilities diplomatic American abroad, and Heathrow Airport, and ( area) and Canary Wharf in London, and several goals in the United States ».

And former leaders criticize Bush, as he tells in his book, that former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called him to inform him that the Israeli intelligence discovered a nuclear facility under construction in Syria, and demanded the United States to bomb it. But Washington has refused to do so, and just hours after Israeli aircraft destroyed the facility, without informing the White House in advance.

Oaab Bush and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is not only what he sees Nktha his promise to support the invasion of Iraq, but also work in the company «Gazprom» Russian oil after leaving power, also questioned the «moral» Former French President Jacques Chirac.

He pointed to the disappointment of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, because after he said he «saw his soul» to a glimpse of him, in June (June 2001), he expressed his displeasure with Putin's decision to send troops to Georgia, while they were sitting together at the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008.

Bush has refused to «criticism» Obama, but he refused to criticize the defense of Iranian demonstrators who doubt the legitimacy of the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009. He also described the wing «Tea Party» Republican Party, as a mere «frustrated movement».

Bush revealed that he had ordered the Pentagon to »a lesson that could be necessary to strike a blow to Iran to halt its efforts to obtain a nuclear bomb».

The former U.S. president, more worried about what is «isolationism, protectionism and the country, three evil that dominates America», expressing his fear of failure of the United States from engaging in such issues as women's rights and the Israeli - Palestinian conflict and human rights.

In spite of the rise of China, Bush has been emphasizing that the United States will remain «sole superpower» the world «for a long time», saying that «the internal problems» in China hampered by competition for America economically in the foreseeable future.

Bush attached importance to that «people know the truth», more than their minds to it. And invite them to read the book, so people see the «people did not sell his soul to politics, he was determined to stick to its principles». But he insists that his place in history, he says: «I want to be part of history, because I spent a lot of time reading it. I hope that people realize how history works