"Gore Rips Bush Over Iraq" (UPDATE II, with extended video)

UPDATE II: Extended Video (8:13) from Wednesday's Today show, here.

Political Wire:

On the Today show, Al Gore called the Iraq war "the worst strategic mistake in the entire history of the United States" and "worse than a civil war," according to ABC News.

The former vice president urged President Bush to get U.S. troops out of Iraq "as quickly as possible without making the situation worse."

Said Gore: "I would urge the President to try to separate out the personal issues of being blamed in history for his mistake and instead recognizing that it is not about him. It’s about our country."