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None of them sent troops over to Iraq, they only authorized the President to sent troops as a last resort. Bush and only Bush gave the order to start the war.
"to sent troops as a last resort"
Maybe you should actually READ the resolution. ( don't feel bad. many people like you make erroneous statements all the time.)
S ARMED FORCES.
(a) AUTHORIZATION- The President is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to--
defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq ; and
enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq .
I'm sure all the dead U.S. soldiers and innocent Iraqis and people who lost everything in his "great recession" would beg to differ.
I was against the war as many liberals were. My point was, and I will repeat it, he will be a breath of fresh air from the WWE nastiness that has been the GOP campaign to date.
His problem is not that he started the war. His problem was picking an evil idiot to be his VP and letting him take over.
His problem is not that he started the war. His problem was picking an evil idiot to be his VP and letting him take over.
This. I personally don't believe Bush was evil. He was an idiot and a puppet, but he wasn't evil. Cheney on the other hand was super intelligent and super sinister. He might as well have been the Dark Lord of the Sith.
I do watch MSNBC on occasion, usually Morning Joe, where conservatives dominate the conversation. The others I don't pay any attention to. My mainstream sources would report on his appearances, if he were making any.
I hope to see and hear from him when he starts campaigning for his brother Jeb.
I can't watch Morning Joe any longer. Mika has turned into one of those babbling women I cannot stand, and Joe can't stop talking about his brother in the panhandle of Florida (let's just call it Alabama) and his bromance with Trump. Just cannot listen to this biased idiocy any more.
Me neither. It's been 7 years since this man left the highest office in the land, and he has made hardly any public appearances. In fact, you can count on one hand how many times he has been seen, and heard, in public.
I find this strange because he was practically worshipped by Republicans for 8 years, his deep Christian faith, his hawkish military adventurism in Iraq, and his defense of traditional marriage had the entire conservative base in the U.S. practically swoon on his every spoken word.
Now all you hear is the sound of crickets. Why is he not out firing up the base on behalf of his brother's flagging aspirations for President? Very, very strange that a man who once had rock star status with the conservative base is now completely forgotten.
Why is this?
Why? Because he left the country in ruins, and even his own party did all in their power to distance themselves from him. McCains biggest concern was to NOT be associated with Bush.
Having said that, I appreciate him disappearing and allowing the nation to heal her wounds.
None of them sent troops over to Iraq, they only authorized the President to sent troops as a last resort. Bush and only Bush gave the order to start the war.
So are you saying that said Democrats were too stupid to know what Bush planned on doing? Everyone else knew the deal!
Bush might not be well like but he did have class, enough class to let the new president run without him butting in. so let him retire peacefully. Now if Bill would just retire
So, tell us which one did YOU support and vote for, and these are ONlY the Senate:
Dem's who voted FOR the wars:
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE)Current VP
Breaux (D-LA)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carnahan (D-MO)
Carper (D-DE)
Cleland (D-GA) Clinton (D-NY)Current Sec of state (Labeled Smartest women in the world by many lefties) Daschle (D-SD)Leader of the Senate at the time and co-sponsored the bill Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND) Edwards (D-NC) Ran for VP
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hollings (D-SC)
Johnson (D-SD) Kerry (D-MA) Ran for Pres.
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA) Lieberman (D-CT)Ran for Pres.
Lincoln (D-AR)
Miller (D-GA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Reid (D-NV) Current leader of the Senate
Rockefeller (D-WV) Schumer (D-NY)
Torricelli (D-NJ)
Let me guess, Biden, voted for him TWICE.
Clinton. Unless electing the "first black" was MORE important then voting for the "first woman" President.
Kerry
Or are you too embarrassed to disclose who you voted for?
Always with these deflections. Congress ok'd the war based on flimsy intel provided by the Bush administration, not to mention BS tales of mushroom clouds and nonexistent WMD. We were all sold a bunch of lies.
The Iraq War was Bush's baby, and he will forever own it. That's a bug reason why you rarely see Bush these days--even he knows what a screw-up he waa. His entire presidency was one of the costliest blunders in US history.
People have always had that opinion of Bush, believing he is a decent guy but a terrible President. Contrary, Clinton was a great President but has questionable character.
A great President does not get himself impeached for lying under oath (perjury), engaging in witness tampering and obstructing justice.
A great President does not supply N. Korea with nuclear materials (for "energy" purposes) which, of course, N. Korea uses to build nuclear weapons.
A great President does not change the way the FBI could obtain information (could no longer receive info from informants with a felony record) which made the U.S. much less secure and led the way for the 9/11 attacks to be successful.
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