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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShould both Democrats and Republicans apologize for the Iraq War?
...if they voted for the resolution to go to war?
And why did most of them do it? In my opinion, it was because they were more concerned about political repercussions, rather than the best interests of our country or our soldiers. They did not want to be called "weak on defense". They voted to send thousands of our troops to their death on the flimsiest of evidence. They showed a lack of judgement not befitting a US Congressman or US Senator.
Why shouldn't they apologize? And the apologies should come from both sides. The calls for another war are totally unacceptable from either side and should disqualify any member of either Party that calls for it.
Take it to the people. If you support sending more troops into Iraq and further escalation of their civil war, then let the voters decide in November. Americans cannot accept such reckless decisions without consequences ever again.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)to do so because you think it was the right thing to do at the time?
If some kind of juvenile peer pressure is why they voted for war, they should be run out of office, given a wedgie, and stuffed into a locker.
Like trumad said, enough of us knuckleheads here knew that we were being sold a line of BS and were against this. We should not be smarter than Congress.
Uncle Joe
(58,916 posts)even among the Republicans.
It didn't take a genius to realize the motivations and evidence were bogus or fabricated.
As for apologizing I believe they should, although it won't bring the dead back nor heal the massive numbers of wounded, but I believe that would be the right thing to do.
Furthermore the apologizes must be sincere, I don't believe Glen Beck was sincere for promoting the war he was just trying to change the frame for cynical political reasons.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)them knew and either supported it for nefarious reasons, or did it as a political calculation that has backfired. Some of those HAVE apologized.
But yes, anyone who voted to give the liars the power to take our country to war, should apologize, but frankly it's way, way too late.
We need leaders who 'get it right' on these serious issues.
Anyone who fails their country on an issue as important as this should be barred from having the power to make such an egregious error of judgement, for whatever reason, ever again. They are a threat to the lives and wellbeing of other human beings.
I see that Pat Robertson and Glen Beck have both declared anger now at Bush/Cheney. That's great, but way too late for all those who have died, who are maimed, who have committed suicide, who continue to live in terror in their own country.
An apology just isn't enough.
Bortman33
(102 posts)Deficit . . . American Indians, Afro Americans, Japanese Americans, Vietnamese, Cubans, Haitians, Chileans, Iranians, Iraqis, American Women, Mexican Americans, War on drug victims, students teachers, workers, . . .
alsame
(7,784 posts)Skittles
(153,935 posts)I want the TRUTH about what happened and I want the culprits HELD RESPONSIBLE
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)Skittles
(153,935 posts)but we cannot bring up a war based on lies?
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)Just don't be fooled into thinking that doing so will get your either the truth or the culprits "HELD RESPONSIBLE".
Just like them screaming about Benghazi is not getting them anywhere.
derby378
(30,252 posts)Remember how the Republicans nailed Clinton to the wall over Monica Lewinsky? They started with that whole Whitewater shell game, and after poking at Whitewater with a stick long enough, they would up with Linda Tripp's tapes of Lewinsky's story.
Make no mistake - I am convinced that the teahadists are looking for a little blue dress to pin to Obama and thus wreck his second term.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)They found him guilty of lying under oath. Anybody who does that is in a bit of trouble if caught.
JoeyT
(6,785 posts)He should've given the least untruthful answer instead. Apparently THAT isn't a problem.
Skittles
(153,935 posts)there's PLENTY of evidence the Iraq war was a SHAM, a sham that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and a trillion f***ing dollars......ENOUGH ALREADY
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)However, getting the government to admit the truth and to hold the culprits responsible seems highly unlikely.
Skittles
(153,935 posts)people can be SICKENING
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)The same reason they voted for it in the first place.
They are a craven bunch who are now using ignorance as an excuse for the killing.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)exactly who is going to apologize to whom and for what?
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House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California agreed with McConnell's assessment, adding she believed congressional authorization for military force in Iraq back in 2001 and 2003 still applied.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/18/politics/us-iraq/index.html
BootinUp
(47,380 posts)I do not understand why intelligent people FAIL to accurately represent what that resolution authorized.
cali
(114,904 posts)but you're so much smarter than they were and Leahy is. Not to mention many, many others.
I don't understand why people like you think they're smarter and better informed than someone like Senator Leahy.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)Please don't insult our intelligence by trying to claim that those who voted "yes" didn't know exactly what would happpen. It was so obvious, even someone with half a brain could see it. So I'll excuse any Dem who had less than half a brain at that point in our history - which begs the question of why our party would elect anyone with less than a half a brain for Senator - but I do not excuse anyone else.
slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)derby378
(30,252 posts)If they were so stupid as to vote for the resolution when all of us were screaming for hard evidence of WMDs in Iraq, they're gonna have to do a much better job of kissing our collective asses.