. >> in retro spect, should the band have broken up? did the band have to break up?the band didn't break up. the band went in different directions. nobody said i'm leaving the band, i'm breaking up the band. that was not the idea at all. the idea when we did the last waltz was that we were going to bring this chapter to a conclusion. we had been doing that for 16 years, and we had done it every chitch way that we could. and at that time, we needed to -- we needed to shuffle the deck. we needed to do some thinging to get focused, to get into a place with we could do our best work. let's bring this to a conclusion. we're not going to be going out on the road. we're going to concentrate on the creative process. and we, some of the guys in the band, we had separate projects and things at the time. we thought that's healthy. everybody will go off and do something that they're interested in, and that way we'll come back fresh and focused. and we all went off and did things, and nobody came back. >> the name, the band obviously worked. but how did you guys settle on that? a

. >> was iraq a mistake in retro spect? >> i think the jury is still out on that. it could very well turn out ok. it might turn out not ok. if it doesn't turn out all right it was a mistake. if it turns out ok, that's not a mistake. >> that's where >> -- >> let me tell you what wasn't a mistake. the first iraq war. that was a textbook example of the way you fight a war. you go in with a limit. you have a specific purpose in mission. you get other people to pay for it. you have a clear exit strategy. you do what you said you are going to do. you get the entire national community behind you and get the job done. >> let's take the first gulf war. u.n. support, congressional resolution, which was a close vote. and the mission was limited. kick the iraqi army out of kuwait. that's what we did. people were terrified. and there would be tens of thousands of casualties. tubbed out not to be the case because we put a huge military force in there. and i could say to secretary cheney, baker and president bush it will succeed. it's guaranteed. it's going to happen. and it did.

. >> was iraq a mistake in retro spect? >> i think the jury is still out on that. it could very well turn out ok. it might turn out not ok. if idoesn't turn out all right it was a mistake. if it turns out ok, that's not a mistake. >> that's where >> -- >> let me tell you what wasn't a mistake. the first iq war. that was a textbook example of the way you fight aar. you go in with a limit. you have a specific purpose in mission. you get other people to pay for it. you have a clear exit strategy. you do what you said you are going to do. you get the entire nationa community behind you and get the job done. >> let's take the first gulf war. u.n. support, congressional resolution, which was a close vote. and the mission was limited. kick the iraqi army out of kuwait. that's what we did. people were terrified. and there would be tens of thousands of casualties. tubbed out not to be the case because we put a huge military force in there. and i could say to secretary cheney, baker and president bush it will succeed. it's guaranteed. it's going to happen. and it did. and th