WATCH: George W. Bush Hears Trump’s Plan For ISIS, Makes 3-Word Announcement That’s Turning Heads
Former President George W. Bush had some encouraging words for President Donald Trump’s plan to eradicate ISIS “completely from the face of the Earth.”
In an interview airing Monday night on Hannity on Fox News, Bush said defeating the Islamic State had to be of the utmost importance to the United States and that Trump was right to pursue the goal vigilantly.
“I’ve heard both presidents after my time say we’re going to defeat and degrade ISIS,” Bush said. “It’s very important, in my mind, that we do so so that people know they can rely upon us and the people, not only governments but people on the ground — people who want to be free.”
“Go get ’em,” he added.
The former president talked about his experience speaking with some of the troops fighting in the Middle East and shared how most of them could see positive changes taking place in the region once Islamic radicals had been removed.
“Ask some of these troops, ‘Were you able to see human deprivation and improvement?’ and they say, ‘Yes.’ A lot of them say to me, ‘I love the idea of girls being able to go to school for the first time in Afghanistan or young kids in Iraq no longer subjected to the thuggery of these ideological thugs,’” Bush said.
Along with his feelings about ISIS, the former president also discussed his book Portraits of Courage, which will be published Tuesday.
The book is a collection of Bush’s oil paintings and stories of American soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. All proceeds will go to help the Military Service Initiative, which helps troops who served in those wars.
“I’m kind of a crier, and when a mom hugs me and talks about her son it affected me,” Bush said.
“On the other hand, it’s hard for many people to understand but when you go to Walter Reed and a soldier looks at you who’s lost his leg and says, ‘I’d do it again,’ or you ride mountain bikes with these troops that some of them who lost a leg that went back into combat, or a mother whose son lost his life and said, ‘I just want you to know my son died doing what he wanted to do.’ It lifts your spirit. It is amazing. And hopefully my art is able to capture how amazing these people are,” he added.
During a Monday interview on NBC’s Today show, Bush noted that what he missed the most about being president was saluting men and women in uniform.
The former president said his only wish is that he will be able to sell more books so he can help as many veterans as possible.
“The greatest honor of the presidency was looking them in the eye and saluting them as their commander in chief,” Bush said. “And I intend to support and salute them for the rest of my life.”
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Source: Western Journalism