way. i would have gone the push the elder way the president s father. i would have strangled them with a blockade. no fl-fly zoned it. look at the reports that were done by the iraq survey group for example. it was clear when we came into office in 2000 that sadam was a stretch between the time of the first administration and bush administration completely ignored 16 u.s. resolutions that the regime was crumbling. he was in a box we could have strangled him. after that they were going to share technology with the enemy. i don t expect you and your father to agree with me. what they spent in iraq has now come back to our country in a negative way.
way. i would have gone the push the elder way the president s father. i would have strangled them with a blockade. no fl-fly zoned it. look at the reports that were done by the iraq survey group for example. it was clear when we came into office in 2000 that sadam was a stretch between the time of the first administration and bush administration completely ignored 16 u.s. resolutions that the regime was crumbling. he was in a box we could have strangled him. after that they were going to share technology with the enemy. i don t expect you and your father to agree with me. what they spent in iraq has now come back to our country in a negative way.
done in a different way. i would have the same result. which way would you have gone and talked to saddam hussein and said you ought to pack it in? bill: i would have gone bush the elder way. the president s father. i would have strangled them with a blockade. i would have no-fly zone as has been done. the reports that were done by the iraq survey group, for example. it was clear when we came into office in 2000 that saddam was a threat. that he had between the time of the first bush administration and this bush administration completely ignored 16 u.n. security council resolutions that the saddam regime was crumbling. not accurate to say he was in a box and we could have scrambled him. iran was going to share technology. bill: i don t expect you and your father to agree with me but the blood and treasure of the united states spent in iraq has now come back to our
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
done in a different way. i would have the same result. which way would you have gone and talked to saddam hussein and said you ought to pack it in? bill: i would have gone bush the elder way. the president s father. i would have strangled them with a blockade. i would have no-fly zone as has been done. the reports that were done by the iraq survey group, for example. it was clear when we came into office in 2000 that saddam was a threat. that he had between the time of the first bush administration and this bush administration completely ignored 16 u.n. security council resolutions that the saddam regime was crumbling. not accurate to say he was in a box and we could have scrambled him. iran was going to share technology. bill: i don t expect you and your father to agree with me but the blood and treasure of the united states spent in iraq has now come back to our country in a very negative