"After 9/11, I say that by going into Iraq he has really hurt the war on terrorism," he said.
Indeed, he talked the Republicans out of making it an issue in the 1944 campaign, saying it would hurt the war effort.
A cartoon (above) in Le Monde this week caught the mood perfectly.It is hard to separate out the impact of broader economic worries, but certain businesses have clearly been hurt by war fears.
Bush repeatedly threatened to veto the legislation, and Cheney met behind closed doors with the three senators on three separate occasions to persuade them that limiting the president's power to authorize coercive interrogations would hurt the war against terror.
But the full cables, obtained by The New York Times, show for the first time just how strongly the current ambassador felt about the leadership of the Afghan government, the state of its military and the chances that a troop buildup would actually hurt the war effort by making the Karzai government too dependent on the United States.
"Often it was hard to get supplies, and the shortages hurt the war effort.
Clinton said Trump's rhetoric around banning Muslims from entering the United States ultimately hurt the war on terror.
He used his cartoons to challenge racism against Jews and blacks, union-busting and corporate greed, which he thought divided the country and hurt the war effort.
Also, with Doctors Without Borders, because they look after the people that are really hurt by war and that's the civilians.
It's not only wrong, but it hurts the war on terror.
But Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates quickly pushed back, saying the uncertainty over the budget was hurting the war effort.
