'I'd do it again' former President Bush tells Grand Rapids crowd about waterboarding terrorists By Ted Roelofs | The Grand Rapids Press June 02, 2010, 11:18PM Courtesy Photo | John Corriveau Former President George W. Bush answers questions during his visit with the Economic Club of Grand Rapids on Wednesday. GRAND RAPIDS -- Former President George W. Bush was by turns affable, relaxed -- and deadly serious in his local appearance Wednesday. "Yeah, we water-boarded Khalid Sheikh Mohammed," Bush said of the terrorist who master-minded the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. He said that event shaped his presidency and convinced him the nation was in a war against terror. "I'd do it again to save lives." In a speech and question-and-answer session before the Economic Club of Grand Rapids, Bush defended his decision to go to war in 2003 with Iraq. 'I'd do it again' former President Bush tells Grand Rapids crowd about waterboarding terrorists | - MLive.com
President Bush presided over this nation at a time unprecedented in our history. I salute him and wish him nothing but the best. I also believe that history will be kind to him.
