Jeb Bush: ‘Taking Out Saddam Hussein Turned Out To Be A Pretty Good Deal’

Republican presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, waves to a supporter during a forum sponsored by Americans for Peace, Prosperity and Security, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, at St. Ambrose University in Da... Republican presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, waves to a supporter during a forum sponsored by Americans for Peace, Prosperity and Security, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) MORE LESS
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) said on Thursday during a campaign stop in Iowa that “taking out Saddam Hussein turned out to be a pretty good deal,” according to multiple reports.

From the Wall Street Journal’s Reid Epstein:

The quote was also reported on by The Daily Beast. Bush was speaking at a forum sponsored by Americans for Peace, Prosperity and Security at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, according to the website.

The Beast reported that Bush went on to say he didn’t want to hypothesize about what would have happened if his brother, former President George W. Bush, had not ordered the invasion of Iraq, which led to the toppling of Hussein.

“Then that’s back to the future and you could make a movie,” Jeb Bush said, according to the Beast.

Bush has previously said “premature withdrawal” in Iraq created the void for the the Islamic State terror group.

The former governor has struggled, since announcing his candidacy, with questions regarding Iraq, the 2007 surge, and the role his brother played in the country after 9/11.

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  1. Avatar for tao tao says:

    Maybe for you it turned out pretty good. The rest of the world will suffer for decades.

  2. Avatar for bdtex bdtex says:

    Defending Operation Iraqi Clusterf**k in anyway will kill him in the general election.

  3. Good if you like creating a huge opening for al Qaida and ISIS, strengthening Iran, hundreds of thousands dead and maimed, millions displaced, Europe overrun with refugees, trillions wasted, etc. For the rest of us, not so much.
    Poor Jeb? just can’t help himself. Every day that passes he puts his foot in it once again only a little deeper.

  4. Until someone from this family apologizes for the Iraq War, there should be a law restricting everyone with the surname Bush from ever mentioning it again.

  5. Avatar for dv01 dv01 says:

    Thankfully, taking out Saddam was a nice, clean operation that had absolutely no collateral damage. And to think, Jeb is the “smart” one.

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