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Joe Lockhart: Knowing what we know now, that it was the wrong decision to go in and invade Iraq knowing that they had no weapons of…

On the recordOctober 27, 2004
Knowing what we know now, that it was the wrong decision to go in and invade Iraq knowing that they had no weapons of mass destruction, knowing that they had no connection to 9/11, and knowing that they weren't an imminent threat.
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Joe Lockhart

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Joe Lockhart contrasts John Kerry's position on the Iraq War with that of George Bush.

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