Bush’s boo-boo on Iraq invasion

Former US president George W Bush mistakenly described the invasion of Iraq as “brutal” and “unjustified” before correcting himself to say he meant to refer to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Mr Bush made the comments in a speech during an event in Dallas on Wednesday, while he was criticising Russia’s political system.

He spoke of “the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq” before saying, “I mean, of Ukraine.”

He jokingly blamed the mistake on his age as the audience burst into laughter.