Jeb Bush mixes messages about Iraq ‘victory’

By Sam Pizzo, Henderson

Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015 | 2 a.m.

Jeb Bush, GOP presidential candidate, has said American and allied forces won a hard-fought military victory in Iraq during the 2007-08 surge. He also claimed Hillary Clinton, as secretary of state at that time, stood by as the military victory was thrown away. The military offensive better known as the surge (2007-08) is a deeply flawed statement, claiming the war had been won by President George W. Bush, and that Barack Obama was the president who lost the war. Another big lie.

We also were told by Bush back in May 2003 that major combat was over in Iraq and that the mission was accomplished. And now Bush’s brother Jeb claims a second time that the war was won during the surge.

My question to Jeb Bush would be: Whose fault is it that the Iraq War that his brother claimed was over in 2003 was actually lost? If the war was won in 2003, as Jeb’s brother claimed, who lost that military victory? And why did we need a surge in 2007 if the war was over in 2003?