If Iraq Were To Descend

An Idea Can Be As Flawless As Can Be, But Its Execution Will Always Be Full Of Mistakes.

Simply Killing Everyone Who Is Already A Terrorist Today Won't Solve The Problem.

To Sum Up, The Position We Took Was That Since We Didn't Know The Internal Situation In Iraq Nor Saddam Hussein, That Our Best Bet Was To Take Counsel From The People Who Did Know Him And Who Did Deal With Him.

The Iraqi Elections Were An Important First Step.

After The '30s, We Said, "no More Munichs." And It Got Us In A Lot Of Problems. Then We Said, "no More Vietnams." Now If We Say, "no More Iraqs," The Next One Won't Be An Iraq. It Will Be Something Different. You Can't Learn Lessons.