Likely presidential candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) said in an interview set to air Monday that he would have invaded Iraq in 2003, like his brother did, if he were President back then.
“Knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion?” Fox News host Megyn Kelly asked Bush in a sit-down interview.
“I would have,” Bush said.
“And so would have Hillary Clinton, just to remind everybody,” he added. “And so would almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got.”
Bush said that the administration of his brother, President George W. Bush, failed to establish security in Iraq after toppling the regime of Saddam Hussein. That caused Iraqis to turn against the American invasion, Jeb Bush said.
“By the way, guess who thinks that those mistakes took place as well? George W. Bush,” he said.
“So just for the news flash to the world, if they’re trying to find places where there’s big space between me and my brother, this might not be one of those,” he added.
Watch the clip, courtesy of Fox News:
Doubling down works on focus-group/Frank Luntz/Koch Brothers/Alec talking points themes.
That’s why grifters like Ted Cruz can work their magic.
The Iraq War is not such a theme.
I don’t think Jabba understands the whole concept of “Knowing what we know now…”.
Clearly a member of the douchebaggeratti.
If I didnt know better, I’d think he was trying to lose on purpose. W as his adviser on the ME??? Yeah, thats gonna play well in a general…if he gets there…and I dont think he will
The problem, with your argument, Jebster, is that everybody who was confronted with that “intelligence” got that from Brother, Dubya and his clique, and as the Downing Street memo put it: "But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."
And the policy was laid down by Dubya and his administration. So, perhaps, Hillary and others who voted for the war based on the misinformation they were given, might have invaded. But that’s a red herring isn’t it?
Clearly doesn’t understand the phrase “knowing what we know now.”
or
He hasn’t learned anything since 2003.