Journey Guitarist Blames Bush Sr. For Current Iraq War

Yahoo! Music, Mar 21, 2003 1:00 pm PST
(3/21/03, 1 p.m. ET) -- With the war in Iraq in full swing, some people are looking at why the U.S. military is involved--not from a moral or philosophical perspective, but rather from the practical reasons for American troops to be fighting there.

Journey guitarist Neal Schon is one of those, and he said we're only there because former President George H.W. Bush, the father of the current President Bush, didn't get the job done when he had the chance in 1991 with Desert Storm.

"You know, I just think what's going down, we wouldn't have to be worrying about it right now had--when Bush Sr. was in office, what is it, 12 years ago?--I feel if he had taken care of business...," Schon said. "I mean, I watched him on CNN--an old taping of him--and he was basically talking about the problems with Saddam Hussein back then, and that things needed to happen. And what happened? He pulled out. So, I don't really know why we're sitting here now dealing with the same problem--actually, I do know why. It just wasn't taken care of."

Journey is plotting out a summer tour that will also include Styx and REO Speedwagon. Dates should be announced soon.

-- Bruce Simon, New York

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