George W. Bush: Vladimir Putin Has Become a ‘Zero-Sum Type Thinker’

Former president George W. Bush told CNN”s Candy Crowley this morning that Vladimir Putin has of late become a ”zero-sum type thinker” who believes that “if the if the West wins, I lose and if I win, the West loses.” Instead, Bush argued, he should be asking, ”What can we do together to enhance our respective positions?”

Bush also defended his decision to send troops into Iraq, and praised President Obama for having “laid out what I think is a good goal, and that is to degrade and defeat ISIS.” ”All I hope,” Bush said, “is that we succeed, because ISIS is lethal – not only lethal for the people in the neighborhoods in which they live, but they’re lethal to our security.” Asked if he supported Obama’s tactics, but said “well, we’ll see. Time will tell. Hopefully what he does works. If it doesn’t work, hopefully he’ll change.”