shorthand that says we didn t find any wmd. if you go back and look at the report of the iraq survey group that was put together by the experts that went in, surveyed, spend a couple of years looking at all the information that was available. while they didn t find stockpiles they did fan a government that had the capacity to go back that production of weapons of mass destruction. and the had the basic raw terms had the personnel and technical know how. there was every reason to believe that s what saddam hussein would do as soon as the sanctions were lifted that the international community tried time pose on him. the facts are, to say that there were no stockpiles, that s accurate. to say there was no wmd at all or no interest or threat from it is not accurate. there was a significant threat that existed. sean: i want to ask you one question. you were forthcoming in
out at others. in retrospect, knowing what we know now does that change your opinion about saddam hussein, about iraq, about whether or not this was the right thing to do and whether or not the world is better off? it doesn t sean. partly because the sort of shorthand that says we didn t find any wmd. if you go back and look at the report of the iraq survey group that was put together by the experts that went in, surveyed, spend a couple of years looking at all the information that was available. while they didn t find stockpiles they did fan a government that had the capacity to go back that production of weapons of mass destruction. and the had the basic raw terms had the personnel and technical know how. there was every reason to believe that s what saddam hussein would do as soon as the sanctions were lifted that the international community tried time pose on him.
out at others. in retrospect, knowing what we know now does that change your opinion about saddam hussein, about iraq, about whether or not this was the right thing to do and whether or not the world is better off? it doesn t sean. partly because the sort of shorthand that says we didn t find any wmd. if you go back and look at the report of the iraq survey group that was put together by the experts that went in, surveyed, spend a couple of years looking at all the information that was available. while they didn t find stockpiles they did fan a government that had the capacity to go back that production of weapons of mass destruction. and the had the basic raw terms had the personnel and technical know how. there was every reason to believe that s what saddam hussein would do as soon as the sanctions were lifted that the international community tried time pose on him.
and that caused him to lash out at others. in retrospect, knowing what we know now does that change your opinion about saddam hussein, about iraq, about whether or not this was the right thing to do and whether or not the world is better off? it doesn t sean. partly because the sort of shorthand that says we didn t find any wmd. if you go back and look at the report of the iraq survey group that was put together by the experts that went in, surveyed, spend a couple of years looking at all the information that was available. while they didn t find stockpiles they did fan a government that had the capacity to go back that production of weapons of mass destruction. and the had the basic raw terms had the personnel and technical know how. there was every reason to believe that s what saddam hussein would do as soon as the sanctions were lifted that the international community tried time pose on