They are waging war with us, whether the Democrats want to acknowledge it or not. And so removing from power Islamists who are actively trying to kill Americans makes us safer. Now, Iraq was compounded because The mission [in Iraq] became nation building, because the mission became put hundreds of thousands of boots on the ground for years at a time. And a lot of folks in the Republican Party thought our mission is to promote democracy. Democracy is wonderful. And we are the global police who will promote democracy across the globe. (18:43–18:53)
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Asserts that the mission in Iraq became nation building with hundreds of thousands of troops on the ground.
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