'Look, if George W. Bush and his Republican cronies walked on water, I'd be the guy out there yelling that they couldn't swim. But don't take it from me: we've now heard it from the military commanders and our intelligence community: George Bush's actions in Iraq have not made us safer. They've done the opposite.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Carville argues that Bush's Iraq actions made the US less safe, citing military and intelligence support.
- In plain terms
- Bush's war decisions did not make America safer.
- What can you take from it?
- Military claims should be checked against expert opinion.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we measure war success?
- Who holds leaders accountable for policy failures?
Another view
Security outcomes are complex and hard to measure definitively.
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