Posted on 05/13/2015 6:58:44 AM PDT by don-o
Jeb Bush's confident affirmative answer this week that he would have authorized the invasion of Iraq "knowing what we know now"? All a misinterpretation, he says.
On The Sean Hannity Show Tuesday, the former Florida governor said that he thought the question, asked by Fox News' Megyn Kelly during an interview that aired Monday night, was under the stipulation "given what you knew then."
"I don't know what that decision would have been. That's a hypothetical," he said. "The simple fact is mistakes were made."
The all-but-official presidential contender took a beating Tuesday from both the Left and Right over his initial answer to Kelly's question, when he responded that just like his brother, former President George W. Bush, he would have authorized the 2003 invasion.
"On the subject of Iraq, obviously very controversial, knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion?" Kelly asked in the Monday interview.
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SO easy to confuse now and then.
Yep.
They’re called “Rules of Engagement”.
This guy is not only an empty suit he’s an empty head.
Thou shalt not disparage the ambitions of the Dauphin Bush, Jeb The Inevitable.
Didst thou not recieve the memo, O Unwashed Cretin?
Keep on diggin Jebby.
the line “... and so would Hillary” is a pathetic attempt by Jeb to hide under Hillary’s pant suit. What a dork.
Not ready for prime time is right. This is amatuerish.
I still see him winning the FL and TX primaries.
He is trying to win over the anti war crowd. I am almost in disbelief that he would say this.
Mistakes are always made in war. And, in my book, George W. was a fine president who did what he could to take on the evil that was presented to him. At least he confronted it, unlike our current POS PRES.
Ted Cruz just said it was a mistake to go to Iraq based on what we know now. I don’t see how it’s so disturbing
Mistakes were made? Dear Jeb, can you please name one war where mistakes weren’t made? Look at WWII, we had Anzio, Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge where we were caught with our pants down to name a few.
Mistakes are always made in war. That is no basis to determine whether we should have gone to war or not. That is separate from the question of whether we should have gone to war.
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