JEB! and others learned nothing from Iraq

Iraq?  George (my foreign policy advisor) and I don't want to talk
about Iraq.  That's OLD NEWS.  Let's talk about Iran!.....FORE!

(Chicago Tribune) - JEB! Bush began a talk the other day by addressing the issue of his brother George, noted architect of the Iraq War, and he did not shrink from the challenge. "I can't deny the fact that I love my family," announced Jeb. So if you suspected that the Bush Thanksgivings in Kennebunkport resemble "August: Osage County" — with lots of screaming, sobbing and clawing — you probably feel pretty silly right now.

On a more pertinent question whether the war was a wise idea — the answer is not so clear. Jeb, the former governor of Florida first said that, knowing what we know now, he would have favored the invasion. He then claimed he misunderstood the question. 

Had he known that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, Jeb said later, "I would not have gone into Iraq." But he mainly wants to avoid the whole issue, which he dismisses as "a hypothetical." 

If you're looking for deep, searching reflection on the Iraq War, the 2016 presidential campaign may not be the best place to look. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll last year found that 71 percent of Americans and 44 percent of Republicans think the war "wasn't worth it." Read more.