Rubio Wrong On Bush Iraq Claim
Marco Rubio’s assertion that even George W. Bush said he’d not have gone into Iraq knowing what he knows now is wrong.
Charlie Rose: “If you look at the Iraq war, after finding out there were no weapons of mass destruction, would you, if you knew that, have been in favor of the Iraqi invasion?”
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.): “Well, not only would I not have been in favor of it. President Bush would not have been in favor of it, and he said so.”
— exchange at the Council on Foreign Relations, May 13, 2015
Bush defended his decision to invade Iraq in his book Decision Points.
“The nature of history is that we know only the consequences of the action we took. But inaction would have had consequences, too. Imagine what the world would look like today with Saddam Hussein still ruling Iraq. He would still be threatening his neighbors, sponsoring terror and piling bodies into mass graves…
…as a result of our actions in Iraq, one of America’s most committed and dangerous enemies stopped threatening us forever. The most volatile region in the world lost one of its greatest sources of violence and mayhem…
“One thing is certain: The Iraqi people, the United States and the world are better off without Saddam Hussein in power. I believe the decision that Dad made in 1991 was correct — and I believe the same is true of the decision I made a dozen years later.”
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whatthe46 May 18th, 2015 at 22:42
“Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.): “Well, not only would I not have been in favor of it. President Bush would not have been in favor of it, and he said so.”” they are sharing the pipe man, sharing the pipe. even cheech and chong wouldn’t talk this stupid.
katkelly57 May 18th, 2015 at 23:17
This is what happens when you have shit for brains.
Instead of “Dave’s not here.”, insert Marco.
Red Mann May 18th, 2015 at 23:19
The last four words of the headline are unnecessary.
William May 18th, 2015 at 23:38
“The most volatile region in the world lost one of its greatest sources of violence and mayhem…”
Yeah it’s SO much better there now.
whatthe46 May 19th, 2015 at 00:13
laughed so hard i choked on my beer. not a good taste.
frambley1 May 19th, 2015 at 22:55
I remember back when the war was just underway and the people who were for the war quickly shifted from saying it was because of Saddam’s support for 9/11, to needing to get rid of the WMDs. And I remember being against going in there for the first reason, then still being against it for the second reason. And now these crazy ass people who were wrong from the beginning are now justifying their actions or support for actions by saying something completely different.
Fuck them. The people that were against it from the beginning were right from the beginning and are still right. And these goddamn idiots that were wrong from the beginning are still fucking wrong. And somehow there is still people listening to them. What the hell is wrong with these fucking people? Goddammit.
I normally use my inside words in these comments sections, but it is so fucking frustrating.