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Bush said that the size of the protests against a possible U.S.-led war against Iraq was irrelevant.
“Size of protest, it’s like deciding, ‘Well I’m going to decide policy based up on a focus group.’ The role of a leader is to decide policy based upon the security — in this case — security of the people.”
Millions of people around the world took to the streets over the weekend to protest such a war.
“Democracy is a beautiful thing, and that people are allowed to express their opinion,” Bush said.
“Some in the world don’t view Saddam Hussein as a risk to peace,” he added. “I respectfully disagree.”
Bush said that Saddam Hussein continued to pose a very real threat to Americans and to the world.