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That it was the wrong thing to do. and, you know, we didn't find weapons of mass destruction. if we did, i think it would have been an even worse mistake because they would have been used against us, and we've seen what a total policy disaster that was. and it gave democratic progressives a bad name. i actually really believe in democracy progressives. i just don't think we should do it at gunpoint. but at the end of the day that was something that cost hugely in lives, in treasure and in america's reputation. it was a mistake then and a lot of people back then -- it's not just something in hi...

Then and i believe now it was a bad idea. i was obviously not in the senate, i was a student, but i actually thought -- you're supposed to pretend it never crossed your mind to run for office until you actually do. i actually did think in college that i might run for office one day, and i actually thought it would probably hurt any future political career that i might have when i stood up and spoke at an anti-war protest as a student. but i also believed so strongly that it was the wrong thing to do. and, you know, we didn't find weapons of mass destruction. if we did, i think it would have be...

Twh while that is disastrous, it's potentially catastrophic with matters of war and peace. the lives of everybody in uniform and this planet are at stake. it's these situations that you need an american president to know exactly what he is doing. >> why would he play the chicken hawk if he wanted that? >>. >> the president said he was against the war would pit against the architects of the iraq war and the greatest policy disaster in this country in my lifetime and put him in change of matters of war and peace. it makes me think he doesn't care. i think that's the real problem we have. it's a ...

Author of "the politics of christ, insider prevention to prevent policy disasters." good to have you on the show, eric. >> eric: good to be here. >> ed: i wish not just a policy disaster but a human disaster. >> eric: it is heartbreaking. i live in the city and so to see the violence and understand the impact that it has on families and the community is in on all of us that want to see the city move forward in a positive way, it is heartbreaking. what i talk about in my book is the need for communities to feel like they have the opportunity to engage with police officers. police officers that ...

>> lynn, stis that the case? >> no, no. they haven't been saying the same things, even from the earliest days of u.n. ambassador haley's tenure at the united nations. she had a tougher speech on russia in its dealings with the ukraine than president trump did. so martha radditz is a foreign policy expert. >> senator rand paul was alongside president trump. paul's not been a cheer lead, let's say, of trump. afterward he tweeted, "i had a great time today with president trump and believe we are getting closer to an agreement on health care." so how ironic if rand paul saves president trump from ...