I can’t let the anniversary of the start of the Iraq war go unremarked.<\/p>\n
My thoughts are with everyone over there – our troops, our allies, and most of all the Iraqis. <\/p>\n
Knowing everything I know today, I would have made the same decision three years ago – to support the invasion.<\/p>\n
Knowing everything I know today, I still don’t know how it will come out. And neither does anyone else; so when you read proclamations of victory or defeat, I’d take a moment and reflect first on the messiness of history. <\/p>\n
We are in an arduous struggle against a strong and evil enemy. We hope to win without becoming evil ourselves, and while that makes the struggle far harder, it is the only thing that makes it worthwhile.<\/p>\n
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