the government in iraq and the iranians, was it worth it? well, history will have to sell on that. but you served there. i have. you have some thoughts about whether or not the men and women who fought this and american taxpayers who paid for it, was that war knowing what we know now, worth it? if iraq sitting at the geo strategic center of the middle east continues to mature in a democratic way, then i would say yes. still, he is cautious about getting involved militarily in syria. even the kind of no-fly zone that senator john mccain and others are proposing. mattis recalls the ten-year u.s. experience in iraq. otherwise, you re liable to invade a country, pull down a statue and then say now what do we do? by the way, the interview with general mattis, fascinating. we spent more than an hour talking about the entire region. all sorts of issues if you re really interested in what he has