“But I believe, Katie, that the Iraqi people will greet us as liberators.†NBC, 3/20/03 “It’s clear that the end is very much in sight.†ABC, 4/9/03 “There’s not a history of clashes that are violent between Sunnis and Shiahs. So I think they can probably get along.†MSNBC, 4/23/03 “This is a mission accomplished. They know how much influence Saddam Hussein had on the Iraqi people, how much more difficult it made to get their cooperation.†This Week, ABC, 12/14/03 “I’m confident we’re on the right course.†ABC News, 3/7/04 “I think the initial phases of it were so spectacularly successful that it took us all by surprise.†CBS, 10/31/04 “I do think that progress is being made in a lot of Iraq. Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course. If I thought we weren’t making progress, I’d be despondent.†The Hill, 12/8/05
I suppose this is just the posing of a politician who wants to have the voters believe that he's on the most popular side of an important issue. You can probably mine his past to find quotes to find his support for either side of any issue. Does not speak well for his honesty, when he strikes such an righteous pose.
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