Ah: now he's going to give us his "honest appraisal" of Iraq.
Even a tepid applause when he compliments our troops on their victory. These vets are waiting for the other shoe to drop. He's slamming the "looting" "borders" "destabilizing" "failure to secure peace" garbage... no response at all from vets... "failed to... etc..."
The vets must be sitting stone facedly, but there is no response at all to this long, ten minute or so section ...
.