What I have argued for is the central touchstone for every foreign policy decision. Every military decision should be protecting the vital national security of the United States of America. Saddam Hussein was a bad man. He was a monster. He was a tyrant. He was murdering his own people, but he was also killing terrorists. We came in and we toppled Saddam Hussein, and the terrorists took over and began killing Americans. That didn't make us safer, it made us less safe. (17:50–17:58)
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