Romney: Artful Dodger Who Thinks No One is Watching or Remembering

So, Mitt, did we do the right thing when we invaded Iraq. Yes, or no?

One headline today from Foxnews Sunday appearance by Romney says:

Romney Dodges Question On Iraq Invasion: ‘We Took An Action That Was Appropriate At That TIme’

Meet Mitt, the Flip: 

In 2002: While running for governor of Massachusetts, and at the height of the run-up to the Iraq war, Romney campaigned alongside President George W. Bush (picture above). At time, his Romney campaign aide and now-campaign press secretary Eric Fehrnstrorm told reporters: "Al Gore has been a critic to the president’s policies in regard to the war on terrorism, specifically on the plans with regard to Iraq. Mitt’s position is that he supports the president."

In 2007:  When he was running for president. He answered the same question then as Chris Wallace posed today (see the link) in the same way. "I supported the president’s decision based on what we knew at that time." He noted that Saddam Hussein had not allowed UN weapons inspectors in. However, at the time, Media Matters pointed out that by the fall of 2002, U.N. inspectors had entered Iraq, and were making progress taking stock of weapons of mass destruction programs.

Now today: Romney repeats the same false claim that Hussein never allowed inspectors in, adding, "The IAEA was blocked from going into the palaces" even back in March 2003 a Wall Street Journal op-ed, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog wrote: "In the past three months they have conducted over 200 inspections at more than 140 locations, entering without prior notice into Iraqi presidential palaces."

Lately, and despite what the Iraqi government wants, Romney says the U.S. "should have left 10,000, 20,000, 30,000 personnel there" as he blames President Obama for a hasty decision to withdraw (which Bush agreed to).

Romney is a man with no core principles: He will do, say, pay, try, lie, or imply anything to win.