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They (as well as a good number of moderate conservatives) voted in support of the war after being told that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Most Americans operate on the belief that the president and his administration won't outright lie to them, or try to manipulate them when the country is in a state emergency. That theory got blown out of the water.
Well, Americans didn't learn when Wilson lied us into WW1.
Or when LBJ lied us into Vietnam
Or when Clinton lied about Bosnia, Kosovo, Sudan, Iraq etc...
Why should you be surprised they fell for Iraq when Bush was Prez?
But the Bush administration had the intelligence on WMD's, and they lied about it--they said they were there as a justification for war, when they weren't. I don't think you remember the times--Americans on both sides were trying to pull together, despite their differences, to support the president in a crisis. When people give you that kind of trust, and then you take advantage of it and LIE, it's evil. I think Bush was just as much out of the loop as Congress though. Dick Cheney was behind it, and should be locked up for the rest of his life--not only for this, but for treason for the Valarie Plame mess.
the intelligence the bush administration had was given to them by the clinton adminstration. and i do remember the times, i was working near washington at the time.
Republicans are not now calling it the "Democrat War" having voted for it themselves. Democrats are calling it "Bush's War" after having voted for it 2:1 in the Senate. It really shouldn't be that difficult a concept to get.
Actually I have heard republicans calling it Obama's war.
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"after being told that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq."
Wrong. They believed long before Bush ever became President.
Do we have to post all the dem quotes again?
And the bill Clinton signed calling for the ousting of Saddam?
You mean all the Dem quotes that became irrelevant on 9/11 when there should have been a NEW priority for national defense keeping the White House busy?
Actually I have heard republicans calling it Obama's war.
Yeah, right it's just so well known as Obama's War. Sorry, no.
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