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(12,958 posts) Sun May 10, 2015, 06:50 PM May 2015

Jeb Bush: ‘I would have invaded Iraq’ like my brother did [View all]

In an interview to be broadcast Monday evening on The Kelly Files, possible 2016 Republican presidential nominee Jeb Bush admitted he would have also invaded Iraq as his brother did during his administration.

“Knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion?” host Megyn Kelly asked the former Florida governor.
“I would have and so would Hillary Clinton,” Bush replied. “Just to remind everybody, so would everybody that was confronted with the intelligence that they got.”

Bush’s response was odd, since Kelly prefaced it with based upon “what we know now,” with most believing the invasion and following war to be a disaster.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/jeb-bush-i-would-have-invaded-iraq-like-my-brother-did/

Knowing what we know now, he still would have invaded. Well, there go his chances.

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Jeb Bush: ‘I would have invaded Iraq’ like my brother did [View all] AgingAmerican May 2015 OP

At least he owns it. n/t Exilednight May 2015 #1

That's the strategy: you can't deny it, so you use a lot of earnest lying to convince winter is coming May 2015 #6

He has Karl Rove's play book bahrbearian May 2015 #17

I believe that enough has come out to put Exilednight May 2015 #18

Not admiring it was a mistake is worse than "owning up to it". The bush still_one May 2015 #27

I suspect the CIA manufactured and planted the yellow cake letter for others to find on point May 2015 #35

and I suspect the bush administration was up to their neck in that manufactured story. The outing still_one May 2015 #41

Oh, goody, Fox will be spending the next several months trying to convince us that winter is coming May 2015 #2

Of course he would have - he is part of big oil as much as the rest of them. As to his comment jwirr May 2015 #3

she didn't "make a mistake...." mike_c May 2015 #7

Not only that, Art_from_Ark May 2015 #47

She didn't say it was a mistake AgingAmerican May 2015 #12

Except all the other Democrats that voted against it? BrotherIvan May 2015 #13

Yep AgingAmerican May 2015 #16

It's a very poor one BrotherIvan May 2015 #22

Yup. bigwillq May 2015 #30

That makes her incompetent. I knew the data was fake at the time. on point May 2015 #36

he is trying, desperately, to preserve his brother's legacy Terra Alta May 2015 #4

That's not an Caretha May 2015 #21

She is either the biggest chump in U.S. political history or something far, far worse. - nt KingCharlemagne May 2015 #32

The facts were long out and she held firm, only after it bit her on the ass did she quietly walk it TheKentuckian May 2015 #59

proceed, ex-gubnor spanone May 2015 #5

Jebbie now considers himself the spokesman for HRC. lpbk2713 May 2015 #8

Yeah, I noticed that AgingAmerican May 2015 #9

And he's the "smart one"? He wants to be a war criminal too? BFEE. nt Mnemosyne May 2015 #10

Well, scratch that SOB off the list... kentuck May 2015 #11

Raise your hand if you think this makes Clinton extremely vulnerable in the general BrotherIvan May 2015 #14

Easy. IWR was in Oct 2002. The intent was to get the UN Weapons inspectors into Iraq. The UN stevenleser May 2015 #33

My suggestion would be to actually hit him with that strongest hammer... JHB May 2015 #45

It just won't work though BrotherIvan May 2015 #53

That's against Obama, not Jeb "George was right" Bush JHB May 2015 #54

But she can't because she voted for it BrotherIvan May 2015 #55

Sez who? Of course she can! We're not--at least I'm not--talking about the whole campaign here... JHB May 2015 #56

Yeah, no BrotherIvan May 2015 #57

It's not either one, it's politics. JHB May 2015 #58

I think it's more than politics BrotherIvan May 2015 #60

She'll almost certainly avoid this subject precisely because of her vote. Daniel537 May 2015 #62

Same shit at ususal BrotherIvan May 2015 #65

“I would have and so would Hillary Clinton,” So that's how he answers the question? YOHABLO May 2015 #15

That just cost him the election. Baitball Blogger May 2015 #19

In a sane world, it would. JHB May 2015 #46

An honest Bush? 99Forever May 2015 #20

No Jebby, not everyone did, or would have voted for it, and you hired the architechs! TheNutcracker May 2015 #23

But but but...the BFEE is tee hee giggles doncha know! Rex May 2015 #24

Doubling down on stupid Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2015 #25

That's a chess move on Hillary BeyondGeography May 2015 #26

And he'll invade Iran and Pakistan when elected. Initech May 2015 #28

No more Bush, please. bigwillq May 2015 #29

Of course he would. GoCubsGo May 2015 #31

I think he's dead Yorktown May 2015 #34

His party has spent 7 years desperately trying to pretend W didn't even exist. Frank Cannon May 2015 #44

Jeb Bush: Doubles down on stupid war crime. Exit stage right on point May 2015 #37

Please, people gratuitous May 2015 #38

So far, Jeb is running a terrible campaign. dawg May 2015 #39

He lives within the right wing 'information' bubble AgingAmerican May 2015 #42

bfee PowerToThePeople May 2015 #40

I wish they would blurt out what the real intention of this operation was / nt jakeXT May 2015 #43

it's in the family genes . . . (or perhaps more accurately, in their jeans) DrDan May 2015 #48

So long Jeb, anymore clowns want to say the same? B Calm May 2015 #49

Jeb is trying to sound honest AgingAmerican May 2015 #50

"authorized the invasion"? "AUTHORIZED"? OMG what a way to put it. Gidney N Cloyd May 2015 #51

How does he think he can say what Hillary Clinton would do? Sanity Claws May 2015 #52

He want's to be 'the decider' AgingAmerican May 2015 #64

This doesn't make any sense. Even Joe Scar took him apart today on Morning Joe for CTyankee May 2015 #61

Despite all the hoopla about "isolationism", a majority of GOPers are still prowar Daniel537 May 2015 #63

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, eh? bobjacksonk2832 May 2015 #66