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In reply to the discussion: When Truth Tried to Stop War [View all]magellan
(13,257 posts)...had no clue that Bush and Blair were already de facto at war with Iraq over the summer and fall of 2002 via a massive joint bombing campaign - before Bush received Congressional approval? Or that Dems like Dick Durbin couldn't have done more than simply vote against the IWR, like share what he knew from secret Intelligence Committee reports about how Bush was lying to get his war on, and take the consequences rather than remain silent?
Or maybe you're suggesting our Congresspeople of the time were just too stupid to think Bush would use the IWR as an excuse to invade Iraq, despite his giving every indication that war was his only goal, and how out of line that was with his own administration's summation of Saddam's capabilities only a year before:
Colin Powell: "He (Saddam Hussein) has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors."
Condoleeza Rice: "Saddam does not control the northern part of the country. We are able to keep his arms from him. His military forces have not been rebuilt."
Sorry, but from where I'm sitting there are only two ways to explain the Dems on Iraq: complicity or utter incompetence.