The Bottom Line Is That We've Had

As A Former Secretary Of Defense, I Think Donald Rumsfeld Is The Best Secretary Of Defense The United States Has Ever Had.

...and While Everybody Was Tremendously Impressed With The Low Cost Of The Conflict, For The 146 Americans Who Were Killed In Action And For Their Families, It Wasn't A Cheap War. And The Question In My Mind Is How Many Additional American Casualties Is Saddam Worth? And The Answer Is Not Very Damned Many.

If We Have Reason To Believe Someone Is Preparing An Attack Against The U.s., Has Developed That Capability, Harbours Those Aspirations, Then I Think The U.s. Is Justified In Dealing With That, If Necessary, By Military Force.

I Have Argued In The Past, And Would Again, If We Had Been Able To Pre-empt The Attacks Of 9/11 Would We Have Done It? And I Think Absolutely. We Have To Be Prepared Now To Take The Kind Of Bold Action That's Being Contemplated With Respect To Iraq In Order To Ensure That We Don't Get Hit With A Devastating Attack When The Terrorists' Organization Gets Married Up With A Rogue State That's Willing To Provide It With The Kinds Of Deadly Capabilities That Saddam Hussein Has Developed And Used Over The Years.

I Worked For George Bush. I'm Proud To Have Worked For Him. I Think That A Lot Of The Most Controversial Things We Did, That People Didn't Like And - And Criticized Us For, Things Like The Terror Surveillance Program Or The Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Were Things That Allowed Us To Save Lives.