that didn't mean you were himmler's best friend. the same thing this iraq. you had to be a member of the baath party, so just being oblivious to those kinds of things led to some amazingly stupid decisions. >> it wasn't a matter of their military infrastructure being dissolved, but also the bureaucracy as well -- >> exactly. >> -- which i think disappeared overnight and left you without nothing. i have to ask you -- >> i mean, it goes in a way, and it goes to the equipment question you asked me. secretary rumsfeld famously said to a soldier, you go to war with the army you have. and that's true. but what i add is, then you better make it into the army that you need as fast as you can. and that's what i think we did not do. ... >> i have to ask you this. you mention this mentioned this and i think that i have this right. that your good friend i think it was the first bush administration that opposed the invasion in iraq. and i'm wondering, you never really address that issue as far as you are concerned. have you been asked a part of these, would you have supp