Anyone that is a news junky knows that Jeb has had a week that he would like to forget…….when asked one simple question he has given 4, maybe 5 by now, answers and had to walk each one back to explain what he meant….(and he is the smarter of the two brothers)…….

In case you were otherwise occupied…….the simple question asked Monday of this week by FOX News was…..”Knowing what we know now would you have authorized the invasion of Iraq?”  His answer then was…..”YES anybody even Hillary would have authorized it”………

His team for damage control immediately leaped into action to “clarify” his answer……on Tuesday he said that he had misunderstood the question…..and that did not satisfy the MSM and he was asked again on Wednesday…this time he said it was a hypothetical question without answer…..and the MSM went batcrap crazy…..so on Thursday he was asked the question one more time and this time he got it almost right…..”Of course not”!

After answering the question to most liking he had to add……”the world is a safer place without Saddam”……..

That one statement got my mental juices flowing……I asked myself is the world a safer place?  Of course that lead me to want to know for sure.

In 2003 the US invaded then occupied the country of Iraq so that is where I decided to begin my search……

In 2003 there were minor conflicts in the Philippines, India, Africa (always in Africa) and of course the perpetual conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis and lastly our war in Afghanistan which was the only major conflict that year……most conflicts were internal struggles…..internal meaning within the borders of countries……..

Now since 2003 the world has gone to Hell in a hand basket …………Middle East, Africa, Southern Europe and Pakistan and terror attacks have increased…….. just to mention a few of the conflicts.

My assertion is that Jeb is dead wrong….the world is NOT a safer place!

Then Jeb was confronted after making what could be humorously called a foreign policy speech in which he said…….Bush had said that the Obama administration’s weak foreign policy was responsible for the rise of the terrorist group, also known as ISIS, in the Middle East.

Of course he took immediately to the GOP talking points that says that since there was NO Status Of Forces agreement and we left Iraq anyway it lead to the rise of ISIS…..in essence…”it is Obama’s fault?”  That tired old supposition.

So basically no one in the GOP wants to admit that the invasion created chaos and that chaotic climate gave birth to ISIS…..ergo GW’s fault.

For what is called a foreign policy election it is off to a shaky start……..so far none of the candidates has any idea what they are talking about on foreign policy….somebody better sit these guys and gal down and give a remedial course in international studies…..or it is going to be a long campaign with lots of clarifications.