Former Bush Press Secretary Forgets The Year U.S. Invaded Iraq

Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer listens to testimony at a Pennsylvania House committee hearing in Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, on legislation that would ban metal bats for players under... Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer listens to testimony at a Pennsylvania House committee hearing in Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, on legislation that would ban metal bats for players under age 18. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) MORE LESS
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Ari Fleischer, a member of the administration that took America to war with Iraq, has apparently forgotten the year when America went to war with Iraq.

Fleischer, the former press secretary under George W. Bush, decided to opine Friday on the Obama administration’s response to the deteriorating security situation in Iraq.

The way Fleischer put it, even critics of the invasion had to acknowledge the United States squandered the success of the subsequent troop surge.

“Regardless of what anyone thinks of going into Iraq in 2002, it’s a tragedy that the successes of the 2007 surge have been lost & abandoned,” Fleischer tweeted.

The U.S. invaded Iraq in March of 2003.

Fleischer later thanked TPM via Twitter for pointing out his error.

This post has been updated.

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  1. Avatar for jsfox jsfox says:

    Friggin moron.

  2. Guy is an absolute hack

  3. Well, in his defense, the actual decision to invade Iraq happened long before March 2003.

  4. “Okay, so it was 2003. So I forgot. It’s not like it sticks in my mind or anything. I mean, Numero Uno here didn’t have to go.”

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