Paul Begala actually said...

There's 1,003 young Americans who are dead now because the president thought there was a threat there and told them to go and fight a war there, which we didn't have to fight.

Context

Begala criticizes President Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq, citing the loss of American lives.

09/09/2004

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