World Gaffe: George W. Bush condemns Putin’s ‘brutal, unjustified invasion of Iraq,’ meaning Ukraine May 19, 2022 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY Comments Off on Gaffe: George W. Bush condemns Putin’s ‘brutal, unjustified invasion of Iraq,’ meaning Ukraine Freudian slip? Former president George W. Bush condemned the "brutal, unjustified invasion of Iraq." Except he meant the Russian invasion of Ukraine.