president obama who adopted the surge policy in iraq into afghanistan, and you saw this pile on of progressives maybe being too quiet, democratic foreign policy people tied to the surge in afghanistan, republicans took advantages of biden, retired generals that own the surge wanting to pass the buck to joe biden and the truth is general petraeus will have a lot more to do and look like general westmoreland than general eisenhower. it is about time we reflect on people that got us to this point, not the individual that had the single individual courage to end the bad policy and level with the american public. this is the single greatest piece of leadership we have seen since the death of bin laden in the last ten years of the war when the public and news media wasn t really paying attention to them. katrina, speak to that you were making, the policy and how long it was to get out and sort of the remainders.
i think the mistakes that were made subsequently, setting up the coalition provisional authority and others that followed from it are lessons about what to do after a regime is overthrown. i also point out because of president bush s surge policy, when his administration ended, stability had returned to iraq. it was on a place he would go for vacation. he turned it over to barack obama and ed fell apart subsequently. the point i think you need to understand is that life is complicated in the middle east. when you say the overthrow of saddam hussein was a mistake, it s simplistic. tucker: i understand how complicated it is. it s your long experience in foreign policy. tucker: a better record than yours, i would think. thank you, good to see you. there is new information by failures of police and that s next. tech: at safelite autoglass
made subsequently, setting up the coalition provisional authority and others that followed from it are lessons about what to do after a regime is overthrown. i also point out because of president bush s surge policy, when his administration ended, stability had returned to iraq. it was not a place he would go for vacation. he turned it over to barack obama and it fell apart subsequently. the point i think you need toeq understand is that life is complicated in the middle east. when you say the overthrow of saddam hussein was a mistake, it s simplistic. tucker: i would argue that i m the one who understands how complicated it is. it s your long experience in foreign policy. tucker: a better record than yours, i would think. thank you, good to see you. there is new information by bilures of police and that s next. every six months i m accident free.
20005, was one of the architects of the surge policy in iraq. he s the first active-duty military officer to serve as national security advisor since colin powell in the reagan administration. one final note, he s too the author of a very important book dereliction of duty. a detailed study relying on documents and tapes published in the late 90s documenting how the din johnson and his inner circle deceived and circumvented the joint chiefs of staff. let s bring in our panel. charles hurt, washington times. julie pace, associated press and charles krauthammer. julie, you covered a lot of white houses. we have a military man at the top of the nsc and a military man as chief of staff.
20005, was one of the architects of the surge policy in iraq. he s the first active-duty military officer to serve as national security advisor since colin powell in the reagan administration. one final note, he s too the author of a very important book dereliction of duty. a detailed study relying on documents and tapes published in the late 90s documenting how the din johnson and his inner circle deceived and circumvented the joint chiefs of staff. let s bring in our panel. charles hurt, washington times. julie pace, associated press and charles krauthammer. julie, you covered a lot of white houses. we have a military man at the top of the nsc and a military man as chief of staff.