John Kerry defends Iraq invasion amid Ukraine crisis

“Because there’s never even been a direct process or accusation or anything with respect to President Bush himself,” Kerry deflected. “Have there been abuses in the course of that war, yes.”

Rochebin didn’t let go after this nonsensical attempt to appeal to a legal “process” and mere “abuses” (in a war that killed hundreds of thousands of civilians). The journalist pressed: “Was it not a crime of aggression to enter into Iraq on the basis of a lie?”

“No, no, no,” Kerry said. “Well, we didn’t know it was a lie at the time. You know the evidence that was produced, people didn’t know that it was a lie. So no, again, I think, you’re stretching something. That’s not a constructive way —”

“But he lied,” Rochebin said of Bush. “He lied. He lied.”

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