President Bush has seen the Saddam execution video (not clear which one) and said today that it ranks just behind Abu Ghraib as the most damaging mistakes the U.S. has made in Iraq, reports NBC’s Brian Williams:
Upon exiting the West Wing, I phoned one particular detail into MSNBC: Toward the end I asked the President if he’d seen the Saddam Hussein execution video. He said he had, and when I asked where it “ranked” (among the mistakes of the war) he indicated it was just below Abu Ghraib in terms of damage — meaning slightly less damaging. The President also noted the damage done at Haditha.
The President’s comments came in a not-for-quotation background briefing with select reporters in advance of tonight’s primetime address on Iraq.
