{"id":1109947,"date":"2023-06-29T03:10:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T03:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/?p=13077"},"modified":"2023-06-29T03:10:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T03:10:10","slug":"aging-iraq-invaders-keep-accidentally-saying-iraq-instead-of-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/06\/29\/aging-iraq-invaders-keep-accidentally-saying-iraq-instead-of-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Aging Iraq Invaders Keep Accidentally Saying \u2018Iraq\u2019 Instead Of \u2018Ukraine\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Biden accidentally referred to Putin\u2019s war in \u201cIraq\u201d when answering questions from the press, a year after former president George W Bush made the same gaffe. Both men played crucial roles in the push to invade Iraq.<\/p>
Asked on Wednesday whether the short-lived Prigozhin rebellion was a sign that Putin was weakening, Biden\u00a0replied<\/a>, \u201cIt\u2019s hard to tell really. But he\u2019s clearly losing the war in Iraq.\u201d<\/p>