Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, was it justified?

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Walter Cronkite

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was not justified.

"It's a terrible mistake that we're in Iraq, and it's a terrible mistake to insist on staying there."
9/3/2009 9:14:04 AM

Glenn Beck

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was justified.

Agrees with invasion of Iraq
8/26/2009 8:30:02 PM

Dmitry A. Medvedev

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was not justified.

"There was no reason to carry out such large-scale operations, all the more so when there were no proven threats."
4/6/2009 9:49:59 AM

Stephen Harper

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was justified.

A rabid opponent of the Liberals' failure in 2003 to take Canada to war alongside the Bush administration in the US-led invasion of Iraq
2/19/2009 10:54:18 AM

Michael S. Steele

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was justified.

Yes, I would have authorized the use of force, to deal with the terror that was there.
2/2/2009 12:31:07 PM

Benjamin Netanyahu

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was justified.

We support this preemptive American action even though we stand on the frontlines
1/27/2009 8:55:51 PM

Caroline Kennedy

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was not justified.

Caroline Kennedy opposed the Bush administration’s decision to invade Iraq .
12/23/2008 2:40:51 PM

Susan Rice

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was not justified.

Rice respected Obama for making "the same unpopular choice I had made."
12/16/2008 11:38:51 AM

Rupert Murdoch

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was justified.

Murdoch strongly supported the war
11/26/2008 2:22:25 PM

George Soros

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was not justified.

"Perhaps the greatest blunder in American history – the invasion and occupation of Iraq."
11/13/2008 10:26:31 AM

Rachel Maddow

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was not justified.

I remember crying because she was voting for the war
11/11/2008 9:57:21 AM

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was not justified.

Chavez condemns Iraq invasion.
11/10/2008 4:38:27 AM

Alice Kryzan (D-NY)

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was not justified.

I was opposed to the war from the beginning
10/23/2008 2:39:28 PM

Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL)

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was not justified.

opposes the war in Iraq (and did, in fact, oppose it publicly before it began in 2003)
10/22/2008 9:34:09 PM

Dan Savage

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was justified.

"I went out on a limb and backed it openly, saying in print what some hawkish liberals would only whisper"
10/16/2008 12:28:47 PM

Jerry Springer

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was not justified.

"Why the hell would you bomb a country that could fire back?"
10/15/2008 1:42:35 PM

Erik Paulsen (R-MN)

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was justified.

I think Minnesotans want leadership that is going to be offensive against terrorism and that's what we've seen with our president.
10/11/2008 3:33:19 PM

Anne Northup (R-KY)

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was justified.

I believe that by fighting them there we can best protect ourselves from another attack here
10/10/2008 4:36:29 PM

Jeff Merkley (D-OR)

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was not justified.

Merkley "opposed the war from the start"
10/6/2008 5:28:17 PM

Bob Schaffer (R-CO)

Based on the information available at the time of the invasion of Iraq, it was justified.

Schaffer "supported America’s removal of Saddam Hussein in the war against radical totalitarian Jidahism."
10/2/2008 12:19:13 PM