Clinton: My book is not a Hillary launch pad
In the conclusion of a ‘Today’ interview, the ex-president talks about John Kerry, Iraq and other details from his autobiography
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5286903/Couric: "President Bush has said the world is a safer place because of what's happened in Iraq. Your vice president, Al Gore, says (the invasion of Iraq) has taken everybody's eye off the real ball, the real war against terrorism. Which is it in your view?"
Clinton: "They both could be right over the (weapons of mass destruction). That is, if there were any of these unaccounted for chemical and biological stocks in Iraq, they can't be given out (to terrorists). So, that could make the world safer. If ten years from now Iraq is a democracy, it could be a positive impact in the Middle East and that could make the world safer. In the short run, Iraq is more vulnerable to terror because it's more open."
Couric: "What do you think about this connection that Vice-President Cheney continues to assert between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida?"
Clinton: "All I can tell you is I never saw it. I never believed it, based on the evidence I had. Now, he may have some evidence I don't have. But there's no question in my mind that the bigger threat to the world from terror comes from al-Qaida and Bin Laden and
Zawahiri and his crowd. Therefore, I think that it is more important to make sure that the government in Afghanistan succeeds and that we continue to work to get rid of al-Qaida...."