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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump Accuses George W. Bush Of Lying To Invade Iraq
"We should have never been in Iraq. We have destabilized the Middle East."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-george-bush-iraq-invasion_us_56bfe8cbe4b0b40245c6f94b?section=politics
Donald Trump took former President George W. Bush to task Saturday night, accusing him of lying to get the country into the Iraq War and faulting him for not keeping America safe.
"They lied," Trump said during the CBS News GOP presidential debate. "They said there were weapons of mass destruction. There were none. And they knew there were none. There were no weapons of mass destruction."
Trump has been outspoken about his dislike of the war in Iraq (though he's fudged the facts about how early he was publicly speaking out against it).
But his comments Saturday night went a step beyond his usual critique. Even Republican skeptics of the war argue that Bush acted with good intentions, so the fact that the Republican frontrunner is the one making the charge is remarkable.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)I agree with Donald Trump!
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)JFKDem62
(383 posts)May God have mercy on my soul.
nilram
(2,888 posts)Won't they?
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)tokenlib
(4,186 posts)I was almost rooting for him...
Hydra
(14,459 posts)...Is that even possible from the Donald(TM)? I think he's setting up to attack Hillary with that if she wins the nomination.
If so..."Brilliant!"
I was thinking the same thing when he said that.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)*LOVE IT*
malaise
(269,054 posts)What a Valentine's Day Eve
Skittles
(153,169 posts)I'm not a big fan of grave dancing but I'll save my sympathy for Scalia's victims
Angel Martin
(942 posts)he has put more light on Carrier, Ford, Nabisco..etc moving to Mexico, and why it is happening, than all the other candidates of both parties put together.
Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)a democratic plant. Could we be that good? I can see the president being this many moves ahead.