It's in a sense a truism but it also pairs nicely with this quote about the location of WMDs (which was clearly total bullshit):

We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.

They both read with the energy of a guy who has to do a book report presentation who's trying to stream together a shit load of smart sounding truisms and basic knowledge that actually reveal how little he knows concretely and how he's just winging it and making shit up.