True or False? In the end, the war in Iraq was a Republican war.

[es466]

[Berlum]

1. Republican Oil Profiteering, Inc. (R)

[CBGLuthier]

2. False, both parties share the blame for the bullshit

Seems both parties were quite eager to chew bodies and drink blood.

[zerosumgame0005]

3. name some names then

Bill Clinton was "quite eager to chew bodies and drink blood"? prove it
Al Franken was "quite eager to chew bodies and drink blood"? prove it

who are you trying smear?

[Bluenorthwest]

8. Neither of them held office at the time of the IWR vote, of course.

A majority of Democrats in both chambers voted YES on the invasion. This was years prior to Franken being elected, but Biden voted yes, Hillary Clinton voted yes, all of Obama's Secs of Defense were both Republicans and war supporters. Had more Democrats voted NO, war could have been halted, instead the Yes voting Democrats have all been promoted and the NO voters shunned for being too smart, wise and courageous for DC.

[roody]

10. Kerry, Harkin

[zerosumgame0005]

11. and?

when did they show the blood-lust you claim they showed?

[Whisp]

12. Clinton chewed a lot of Iraqi's bodies during his terms

why do people have amnesia about this?

[zerosumgame0005]

13. you mean when he was enforcing

Daddy Bush's "no fly zones"?

[Whisp]

14. that and sanctions that killed so many.

but don't mention That! Clinton's are only about Peace and Loooooove.

[zerosumgame0005]

17. so you supported SH?

we put sanctions on lots of places, the only reason anyone died was SH.

[Whisp]

18. yeh, 'that's the price to be payed'.

kill tens of thousands of kids and blame it on Sadam.

He made me do it!

[thucythucy]

6. But without a Republican in the White House,

stoking the war fever, and without Republicans willing to target anyone against it (including a triple amputee war hero like Max Cleland) as "soft on terrorism," and without the Cheney/Rumsfeld axis doctoring the intelligence, I doubt it would have happened.

Not to mention, I can't picture Al Gore getting a memo titled "Bin Laden determined to strike inside US" and deciding, in response, to go on another vacation. Or deciding, in response to an attack plotted in Aghanistan, and undertaken by Saudis and Egyptians, to invade Iraq.

My recollection is Al Gore was out quite early opposing the war.

So yeah, for all these reasons, I'd call it a Republican War.

[WinkyDink]

15. "Mission Accomplished" was pretty Bush-centric, NO?

[Recursion]

23. Oddly enough, the banner was made by the Navy and the WH was nervous about it

Because they weren't stupid, and knew exactly how it would play. However, the aircraft carrier's mission had been accomplished, and the captain wanted to congratulate the crew.

Also, in the interest of preserving things from the memory hole, Bush's "mission accomplished" speech was several months later; on the aircraft carrier he didn't use those words and in fact talked about the need to do more in Iraq.

[ladjf]

26. I strongly disagree with your assertion. They Dems are a long way from perfect. But, to

lump them in on an equal basis with the Republicans when it comes to war mongering seems totally without any objective basis. (From the Bush administrations forward.)

[BlueCaliDem]

4. True. Hands down.

Although the Democrats were cowed because of 9/11/2001, it was launched and lobbied exclusively by Republicans and the idiots who continue to vote for them as well as the enablers who have allowed it to happen because they believe that "there's no difference between Al Gore and Bush".

[Dash87]

5. True. Bush started it, Obama ended it.

[Recursion]

7. It was cosponsored by Gephardt in the House and Daschle in the Senate

40% of House Democrats voted for it; 60% of Senate Democrats voted for it. An "aye" was whipped (albeit mildly) by the leadership in both chambers.

[JoePhilly]

21. And roughly 100% of Republicans voted for it.

[roody]

9. F, look at the votes.

[WinkyDink]

16. It was, to follow our time-honored nomenclature, BUSH'S WAR.

[sinkingfeeling]

19. True. Caused solely by Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney.

[JoePhilly]

20. True. And they made everyone else fight and pay for it.

[baldguy]

22. Conceived of, planned, implemented & finally scewed up by Republicans. From beginning to end.

True.

[Puzzledtraveller]

24. I say true, because it was a part of a larger goal

to change and shape the middle east into something that could be profited from. There was even a conservative group that had mapped this all out long before it happened. I forget the name.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

25. False -

GOP initiated, Democratic enabled.