Bush would go into Iraq again (knowing what he knows today)

Bush would go into Iraq again

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- President Bush said in Philadelphia Sept. 11, 2001, changed his view of foreign policy and he would go into Iraq again knowing what he knows today.

"I made a tough decision. And knowing what I know today I'd make the same decision again," Bush said answering a question linking the Iraq war to the search for weapons of mass destruction 2 1/2 years ago. Bush said about 30,000 Iraqis and 2,140 U.S. troops had been killed since the start of the war.

He told the World Affairs Council Iraq was a "down payment" on Democracy in the Middle East.

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