“Where he's wrong is that we went into Iraq at the invitation of the government, not as an invasion.”

—  Dick Morris

Hannity & Colmes
Television
2008-08-22
Fox News, quoted in * Dick Morris: ‘We Went Into Iraq At The Invitation Of The Government, Not As An Invasion’
2008-08-22
Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2008/08/22/28028/dick-morris-iraq-stumped/

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