True leadership is about making the tough decisions and standing by them, even when they are unpopular.
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I don't think the administration has ever picked up the ball, much less dropped it.
There was no reason for us to become involved in Iraq recently. That was a war based on lies and misrepresentations from London and from Washington, claiming falsely that Saddam Hussein was responsible for the 9/11 attacks, claiming falsely that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. A decision was made to go to war, their people said, let's find a reason to do so.
I hope that this book, which is -- has a provocative title, but I don't consider provocative to be a bad word.
I would prefer a much more rapid withdrawal myself and I don't know what the, you know, what the recommendation will be until I see the written report.





