For the past four days, possible Republican candidate for the 2016 presidential election Jeb Bush, has been giving varying answers about whether he would have authorized the invasion into Iraq in 2003. See below for more info and the videos.
Do you think that Jeb has purposely been vague about whether or not he would have authorized the invasion? Or do you think that he is being truthful? Let us know!
When first asked if he would have authorized the invasion “knowing what we know now,” he replied that he “would’ve, and so would’ve Hillary Clinton, and so would everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got” (Fox News Interview).
The next day, he addressed what he said by saying that he misinterpreted the question to mean whether he would have made the invasion, given what people knew then rather than know now. When re-asked the question by Sean Hannity on The Sean Hannity show, Bush replied, "I don't know what the decision would have been, that's a hypothetical, but the simple fact is that mistakes were made, as they always are in life."
When asked once again about his statement, Bush responded, "If we're going into hypotheticals, I think it does a disservice for a lot of people that sacrificed a lot...What we ought to be focusing on is what are the lessons learned."
As a conclusion of these four days of comments on Iraq, Jeb Bush has said that he would not have gone into Iraq.
Do you think that Jeb Bush has purposely been vague about whether or not he would have authorized the invasion? Or do you think that he is being truthful? Let us know!