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Tucker Carlson: “Any politician who will acknowledge that the Iraq War was a…”

Featuring: Tucker Carlson, Conservative, Right-wing | Political Commentator, Former Fox News Host | National

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That was a few weeks after Trump announced at that earlier referenced primary debate in South Carolina that the Iraq War was a mistake. Whoa. That was too far. Because Any politician who will acknowledge that the Iraq War was a mistake probably won't get on board with the future Iraq war. And that's all they cared about, was more Iraq wars waged on behalf of another country, its interest, not ours. Irrelevant. The damage to the United States, irrelevant. The cost, irrelevant. (33:41–33:48)

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Claims that acknowledging the Iraq War as a mistake disqualifies politicians from supporting future similar wars.

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