that it was a to go into I think anyone would say if we knew what we know now that by all appearances Saddam is Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction that it was a mistake to

Saddam Hussein is not a row you're sort of implying that you disagree with that you believe the world would be a better place if Saddam Hussein we're

was not in Congress at the time so I did not participate in those classified briefings I don't know what was contained in

top all secular dictators and what happens when we do I think when Hussein was toppled we got chaos we still have chaos in Iraq in

go into Iraq but if we knew that no what we knew and that now then we would not have made the decision to go in but

said but we still you know we know what the Iranians have said and we know that the last time the world did not take seriously the threats to Jews six

authority did President Bush have as commander in chief at that moment I don't think anyone would question he

I think if there's one true thing that we know from the Middle East is that every time we've toppled a secular dictator whether it was Hussein or cut off we

know I I think we know we were surprised about but not in hindsight shouldn't have done I think if lebron

starting a nuclear weapons from I think that we always have to have the threat of military force behind

got chaos in the rise of radical Islam and I think we're more threat now but I think the same is true of Saddam Hussein I

what I see what I just tried to lay out the last segment is very simply the they made the case for Saddam Hussein had a weapons of mass destruction everybody

of all I guess I was talking about given would you have done knowing what we know now so in other words if you in

with what we know now would you authorize the invasion of Iraq? No, I think the invasion of Iraq was a mistake

you know should the president be defending those talking points because he that's exactly what he did he stood up and said look that's what we knew at the time but we know that that is not what they knew at the time the

you know should the president be defending those talking points because he that's exactly what he did he stood up and said look that's what we knew at the time but we know that that is not what they knew at the time the