It must be great, it must be wonderful to be so smugly self-confident to know the answers unequivocally. Things going on in Iraq are anything but clear-cut. We have some tough things going on ahead of us. I think there is a phrase that describes what really bothers me the most, and that is the classic, if I had known then what I know now, I might have taken a different course. Well, who wouldn't say that? It is just amazing to watch folks flee to the sidelines of this fight and say it is all yours, Mr. President, this is all your deal; and we are smugly confident to know that you are doing it the wrong way and our plan is to flee Iraq immediately. And all of the evidence to the contrary, that Iraq would become a disaster of biblical proportions, they simply ignore with a cavalier attitude that just amazes me. They continue to ignore the fact that since 9/11 we have not had a terrorist attack on this country, and I think that comes from several factors.
Mike Conaway: “It must be great, it must be wonderful to be so smugly self-confident to know the answers unequivocally. Things going on…”
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Discussing the situation in Iraq and criticisms of the President's approach.
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