now in the aftermath of the invasion, um, how do, how does president george walker bush explained to the american people that the friend of the united states is now the enemy, the united states. and the way he did that was to liken saddam hussein adolf hitler . he gave a speech in october of 1990 and cincinnati ohio. re said that saddam hussein is the middle east equivalent of adolf hitler. and for the crime of invading occupying kuwait, there must be nuremberg like retribution, alluding to the number of treaty. meaning that we weren't just going to defeat saddam, but we're going to remove saddam and hold them accountable to international law. and once you compare somebody's adolph hitler, you can't walk back from them. it's none. i mean, one of the i guess, difficulties i have with my role in this whole iraq war thing. is that because of my experience, which was unique 7 years and there's hardly anybody in the special commission it served for 7 years on the ground in iraq. a lot of people served in the beginning. a lot of people served in the middle. a lot of people served in, but i

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and i think like george herbert walker bush, who knew the exact right tone to use in 1989, biden is the right tone today. >> margaret? >> i could not agree more with you about the choreography. to go to poland is just, it's like double thumbing your nose at the russians, right? first kyiv, then poland? you can't count -- you can't counter program putin better. and you doesn't matter what putin said. the president of the unit stays within both kyiv and poland. it was beautifully orchestrated. this is a day, and i don't think it's trite what harry truman said, politics and partisanship should end of the water's edge. and it's a day where you've seen how effective president biden has been unifying the west. but he's also been pretty effective at unifying what is otherwise a pretty hyperpartisan approach in washington. there is a lot of unity around support for ukraine and support for the western alliance. >> with some vocal exceptions. >> even though you have sort of an ascendant, you know, activist wing of the right. they have still managed to be there and support this alliance. >> yeah,

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as far from the traditional sunny optimism of a ronald reagan or george herbert walker bush or georgebush. traditional republicanism has been about american exceptionalism, the greatness of america. that's been at the core of republican appeal until the era of trump, where it is bitch and moan about what is wrong about america. i'll say about nikki haley, you know, it is an announcement speech. i don't want to, you know -- it's traditionally, in both parties, historically, you give announcement speeches. they're not typically a time you spend -- you get out the big 3 wood, the driver, and take it to any of your opponents. that's not usually what announcement speeches are for. i'll give her a pass in her announce. she didn't go after donald trump. but if her test she wants to apply to anybody over 75 is for apply a test for political competence and civil competence to every republican who runs. if you are a former member of the trump administration, are you willing to take on donald trump by name? if you're not, please go home. second, are you willing to say, straight up, first questio

george herbert walker bush assembles a coalition in the gulf in 1990. 1991, has a 90% approval ratings beat by bill clinton in 1992. that's the best example where you can win a war and still lose the politics. there's a lot of cases where, obviously, if the war goes south, if vladimir putin ends up, god forbid, owning kyiv 18 months from now, that's the kind of thing that ron desantis and donald trump and whoever the republican nominee, you know, could use to eviscerate joe biden with. you spent all that time abroad, and then you lost. it's a high-stakes gambit. history, i think, will judge joe biden's work here kindly, and that may be the most important thing joe biden does in office, if he helps the allies repel russian aggression in ukraine. but the politics are tricky. the upside is not accepting the -- it's not that tangible or great, and the downside can be really big. biden things he is doing what is the right thing to do for the sake of the cause of democracy and freedom around the world. i don't think he'll change, no matter what the politics are. >> jen palmieri, mark mckinn