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direstraits posted:

Politifact is not particularly truthful in their analysis.  At best, Trump was lukewarm, then increasingly against it.  They need to reset their meter.  Condie needs to read and comprehend what he's posted.

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I comprehended that Trump said this; seems you didn't:

"I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East," he said April 27, 2016."

Do you know what "totally" means?

And did YOU comprehend this?

<<<"In a September 2002 interview,  shock jock Howard Stern asked Trump if he supported the Iraq invasion.

Trump responded, "Yeah, I guess so.">>>

Consistency is not one of Trump's strong points.

Contendahh posted:
direstraits posted:

Politifact is not particularly truthful in their analysis.  At best, Trump was lukewarm, then increasingly against it.  They need to reset their meter.  Condie needs to read and comprehend what he's posted.

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I comprehended that Trump said this; seems you didn't:

"I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East," he said April 27, 2016."

Do you know what "totally" means?

And did YOU comprehend this?

<<<"In a September 2002 interview,  shock jock Howard Stern asked Trump if he supported the Iraq invasion.

Trump responded, "Yeah, I guess so.">>>

Consistency is not one of Trump's strong points.

Like I said, lukewarm at first.  The invasion didn't happen until the next year -- 2003.

By then:

"On Sept. 11, 2003, Trump told MSNBC, "It wasn’t a mistake to fight terrorism and fight it hard, and I guess maybe if I had to do it, I would have fought terrorism but not necessarily Iraq."

By 2004, Trump begins to take a tougher stand against the war. (A big hat-tip to Buzzfeed for this.)

On April 16, 2004, Trump is back with Stern.

"I think Iraq is a terrible mistake," Trump said. "And to think that when we leave, it’s gonna be this nice democratic country. I mean, give me a break. There’s usually a reason why a country is run a certain way."

Trump amplified on that in an August 2004 article in Esquire:

"Look at the war in Iraq and the mess that we're in. I would never have handled it that way. Does anybody really believe that Iraq is going to be a wonderful democracy where people are going to run down to the voting box and gently put in their ballot and the winner is happily going to step up to lead the country? C'mon. Two minutes after we leave, there's going to be a revolution, and the meanest, toughest, smartest, most vicious guy will take over. And he'll have weapons of mass destruction, which Saddam didn't have.

"What was the purpose of this whole thing? Hundreds and hundreds of young people killed. And what about the people coming back with no arms and legs? Not to mention the other side. All those Iraqi kids who've been blown to pieces. And it turns out that all of the reasons for the war were blatantly wrong. All this for nothing!"

In November 2004, he told CNN’s Larry King, "I do not believe that we made the right decision going into Iraq, but, you know, hopefully, we'll be getting out."

If not reading comprehension, there is a second explanation.  Condie's timeline comprehension is slipping. 

 

 

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