Did he just say Iraq was a 'real and imminent' threat

[RadiDem]

Or was he parsing shrubs words ?

[NMDemDist2]

1. no n/t

[K-W]

2. no, he was contrasting to iraq

[RadiDem]

3. Whew ! Thanks !

nt

[kiahzero]

4. No

He said:
"And as president, I will bring back this nation's time-honored tradition, the United States of America never goes to war because we want to. We only go to war because we have to. That is the standard of our nation...
Before you go to battle, you have to be able to look a parent in the eye and truthfully say I tried everything possible to avoid sending your son or daughter into harm's way, but we had no choice.
We have to protect the American people, fundamental American values, against a threat was real and imminent.
So, lesson number one, this is the only justification for going to war."