President Bush, at one point calling President Clinton "brother," defended his predecessor's record on Rwanda during the former U.S. leaders' face-to-face discussion Friday on a range of issues in Toronto.The event's moderator had asked Clinton whether he had done enough to stop the genocide in Rwanda that occurred early during the Clinton administration, the CBC reported.
"We couldn't have saved all of them," Clinton said, but he lamented that "we could have saved as many as 300,000 lives. ... I have no defense."
But Bush added that it was "not realistic" to think that the Rwandan genocide could have been stopped with a mere phone call by the U.S. president, the CBC reported.
As for the crisis in Darfur during Bush's administration, "I was confronted by a situation of where do I send the Marines?" Bush said, explaining that international consensus was against acting unilaterally.
The event was moderated by Frank McKenna, Canada's former ambassador to the United States. It was the two former presidents' first appearance together on stage.
Bush said he never liked it when previous administration officials criticized his government but says Clinton was respectful and never did. - FOX News Story
Say what you will about Bush, he is a man of integrity. He did what American Presidents should do, he supported his predessor during an interview with the two. He didn't throw him under the bus or blame him for any of the problems.
Now that is Leadership. Obama is right, he is much different than Bush.
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