Ron Reagan, a son of late US president Ronald Reagan, has lashed out at the Bush administration's foreign policy, calling the war in Iraq a "terrible mistake" that his father would never have made.
In an interview on Wednesday night with CNN's Larry King, Reagan also said he was disturbed that President George W. Bush allowed policy to be affected by his religious convictions.
"I think we lied our way into the war," said Reagan, adding that the US public was deceived over the issue of weapons of destruction and supposed links between Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.
"(It was) a terrible mistake. Terrible foreign policy error," he said.
Reagan, 44, who was an outspoken critic of his own father's conservative policies, argued that Ronald Reagan would have dealt differently with the terrorist threat after September 11, 2001.
"I don't think he would have gone into Iraq. I think he would have been much more interested in going after Osama bin Laden," he said, adding that come November's election he would vote for any candidate capable of ousting Bush.
Commenting on Bush's religious beliefs, Reagan said he was disturbed by the president's apparent conviction that his actions carried a spiritual seal of approval.
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