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Originally Posted by gales0678
i don't disagree with a lot of what you say , but , edwards has come out and said he made a mistkae when he voted for the authorization , kerry , biden , clinton , schumer . etc etc have not said that
senior leaders in the senate of the democratic side voted agaisnt the war ..byrd and kennedy come to mind , why didn't theses junior democratic senators listen to the elders in the party who as it turned out knew better
blame bush all you want , but if the democratic senators follwed kennedy and byrd and he only had a slim majority he probably wouldn't have gone
as for the minions selling this theory , hillary clinton's speech when she voted totally nullifies that theory , she lauded herself is a strong willed independent women who had been on both sides of the aisle penn ave and knew that decisions had to be made that were going to be tough and sometimes had to be "gut"calls
kerry was on the armed forces comittee , he saw all the reports for over a decade and knew what the deal was
these key democrats , the current VP included , all came to their own opinions and even cited data that they looked at prior to bush even being president
As for the 1st gulf war , there was a vote , and the current vp , voted against operation desert storm ....brilliant guy that joe , hey barack
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thing is, a lot of congresss members voted for the war because they felt their constituents wanted it. voting by poll numbers, rather then going by what they knew. now, some people think that's how congress is supposed to do, vote for their majority. but the voters don't necessarily have all the facts, or understand who had what to do with 9/11, and who didn't. most importantly, most voters didn't understand the power vacuum it would create by removing iraq from the picture. now voters know who amadinejad(sp) is, and wonder why iran feels they can throw their weight around. it's because of us, that's why. they wonder why we're broke. the wars, that's why. no one thought about the far-reaching implications. bush 2 thought we'd sweep thru iraq and win in a week, since that's what bush 1 did. completely different scenario from the first war to the second over there.