Tim Ryan: “I think if you ask why there is a lot of frustration here, I think there are a lot of reasons for it. If you look at…”

“I think if you ask why there is a lot of frustration here, I think there are a lot of reasons for it. If you look at what was said before the war and you compare that to what is being said now, you will find that nothing of record from what I can tell that was said before the war on our reasons for going has been true. We were told that Saddam Hussein was somehow tied to 9/11. That was not true. We were told that there was an imminent threat from Iraq to the United States and the possibility of a mushroom cloud in Cincinnati is a real threat. That was not true. They had weapons of mass destruction. That was not true. That we would be able to use the oil in Iraq to generate revenue and we would not have to pay for the war because we would just use the oil and sell it and then that would pay the United States back. That has not been true. We are up to $200 billion that we have spent. Then comes the issue of Halliburton. Was the Vice President, who had strong, strong ties, an officer in the company, did he have anything to do with Halliburton getting an unbid contract? Right, wrong or indifferent. Some may even say, Hey, that is politics. He is the Vice President. He used to work there. Let his former company do it. There aren't a whole lot of companies that do it. The problem is that for months and months and months the Vice President denied, and his office denied, knowing anything or having anything to do with the contract.”