you were asked again by senator, how much will this cost and you said, iraq will be able to pay for its own reconstruction. in fact, that part didn t work out. looking back i was asked how much will the war cost. i said we have no idea how much the war will cost. i said iraq can iraq is not going to be a permanent ward. right. you said we are dealing with a country that can finance its reconstruction. after the end of the conflict, this war went on. at this point, i think iraq is largely, i don t know the numbers okay, i was somewhat the sense was, the war wouldn t last for six, seven years and that this was a country with substantial oil resources. but what i m trying to get at is a larger question, which is looking back from where we are
you in a sense a bottom line question. you were asked again by a senate committee how much will this cost and you said iraq will be able to pay for its own reconstruction relatively easily. in fact that part didn t work out that way, so looking out wait, wait. i was asked how much will the war cost. i said we have no idea how much the war will cost. i said iraq can, unlike afghanistan, iraq is not going to be a permanent ward of the international community. you said we are dealing with a country that can finance its reconstruction and relatively soon. that s the exact quote. after the end of conflict. this war went on, in fact to some extent it still goes on today. at this point i think iraq is largely, i don t know the numbers now. okay, i was somewhat the sense was the war wouldn t last for six, seven years and that this was a country with substantial oil resources. but what i m trying to get at is a larger question, which is looking back from where we are
ask kelsey gabbert. she remember the lessons of a rock perhaps because she served there herself and she has consistently warned against intervening in syria, she said it serves no u.s. interest likely empower terror groups and it could have dramatically increased the suffering of civilians there. you might not agree with her point of view but you cannot call her positions crazy because they are not crazy. they are still too much for the modern democratic party. just last weekend, she was denounced by none other than howard dean who called her a disgrace. remember how her? is a former peacenik who ran for president in 2004 on the basis of his opposition to the war in iraq, and war cost he s demanding that she live conference because she dare showed skepticism blaming asada for last week s chemical attack attacks. she helped manage hillary s campaign and she knows runs a center for american progress.
she remember the lessons of a rock perhaps because she served there herself and she has consistently warned against intervening in syria, she said it serves no u.s. interest likely empower terror groups and it could have dramaticallyow increased the suffering of civilians there. you might not agree with her point of view but you cannott call her positions crazy because they are not crazy. they are still too much for the modern democratic party. just last weekend, she was denounced by none other than howard dean who called her a disgrace. remember how her? is a former peacenik who ran for president in 2004 on the basis of his opposition to the war in iraq, and war cost he s demanding that she liveaq conference because she dare showed skepticism blaming asada for last week s chemical attacks. she helped manage hillary s campaign and she knows runs a center for american progress.