Jeb Bush claims that even knowing what we know now he would have invaded Iraq.

Courtesy of RT:  

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said that he would have authorized the 2003 invasion of Iraq even if he knew then what he knows now, the potential presidential contender said in an interview with Fox News. 

The comment was made after Fox News host Megyn Kelly asked Bush if he would have still authorized the war “knowing what we know now.” 

“I would have, and so would have Hillary Clinton, just to remind everybody. And so would almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got,” Bush responded. 

“You don’t think it was a mistake?” Kelly asked afterwards. 

At this point, Bush acknowledged that the invasion was based on “faulty” intelligence but did not back down from his initial answer. 

“In retrospect, the intelligence that everybody saw – that the world saw, not just the United States – was faulty,” he said. “In retrospect, once we invaded and took out Saddam Hussein, we didn’t focus on security first. The Iraqis, in this incredibly insecure environment, turned on the United States military because there was no security for themselves and their family.” 

“By the way, guess who thinks that those mistakes took place as well? George W. Bush. So just for the news flash to the world, if they’re trying to find places where there’s big space between me and my brother, this might not be one of those.”

I have heard a couple of pundits suggest that Jebbie misheard the question, or that he didn't take time to think it through before answering, but it seems to me that the question was pretty damn clear.

And Jeb expanded on his answer in a way that suggests that it was not the decision to go into Iraq that he believes was wrong, but rather the way security was handled AFTER we started killing Iraqis for no good reason.

Oh and his contention that Hillary would have invaded Iraq if she knew what she knows now, is dead wrong as well.

This courtesy of the Washington Post: 

In "Hard Choices," Clinton, a former secretary of state and former U.S. senator who is exploring a 2016 presidential campaign, writes: "[M]any Senators came to wish they had voted against the resolution. I was one of them. As the war dragged on, with every letter I sent to a family in New York who had lost a son or daughter, a father or mother, my mistake become (sic) more painful." 

Clinton continues, "I thought I had acted in good faith and made the best decision I could with the information I had. And I wasn't alone in getting it wrong. But I still got it wrong. Plain and simple."

So not only is Jeb demonstrating that he shares the same inability to learn from mistakes that his brother suffers from, but that he is also willing to lie about others in order to cover his ass.

You know I thought Jeb made a fatal mistake when he identified George W. as one of his advisers, but clearly he was not yet done pounding that stake into the heart of his campaign.