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Townhall
Jeb Bush and
Others Learned Nothing from Iraq
Steve Chapman
May 17, 2015
Jeb Bush began a talk the other day by addressing the issue of his
brother George, noted architect of the Iraq war, and he did not shrink
from the challenge. "I can't deny the fact that I love my family,"
announced Jeb.
So if you suspected that the Bush Thanksgivings in Kennebunkport
resemble "August: Osage County" -- with lots of screaming, sobbing and
clawing -- you probably feel pretty silly right now.
On a more pertinent question -- whether the war was a wise idea -- the
answer is not so clear. The former governor of Florida first said that,
knowing what we know now, he would have favored the invasion. He then
claimed he misunderstood the question.
Had he known that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction,
Jeb said later, "I would not have gone into Iraq." But he mainly wants
to avoid the whole issue, which he dismisses as "a hypothetical."
If you're looking for deep, searching reflection on the Iraq war, the
2016 presidential campaign may not be the best place to look. An NBC
News/Wall Street Journal poll last year found that 71 percent of
Americans and 44 percent of Republicans think the war "wasn't worth it."
But nearly all Republicans and many Democrats supported it at the time.
So the less said on the subject, most of the candidates doubtless feel,
the better. Most prefer to "focus on the future," as Jeb urged...
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