It is one thing to say U.S. troops must remain in Iraq until a stable government is established that does not threaten us or its neighbors. It is another thing to say — given everything we know now — that we ought to retrospectively conclude invading Iraq was the right thing to do.

President Bush said both things in a recent speech marking the fifth anniversary of the invasion.

"The answers are clear to me," he said. "Removing Saddam Hussein from power ...

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