… goal, without a clear strategy, without an updated legal authorization that's actually relevant to today's threats. And for nearly as long. Sixteen years, American troops have faced hostilities in Iraq. We went in based on a falsehood that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. And the fallout from that falsehood, over 4,500American troops have died and over 32,000 have been wounded. Hundreds of thousands Iraqi civilians have perished. And the ensuing chaos unleashed new terrorist groups. (19:44–19:53)
CLAIM
Asserts that the Iraq war was initiated based on false claims about weapons of mass destruction.
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