Of all JK's lies, this one is the most disturbing: "The President Is Not Asking You To Go To War"

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66. no it was NOT

because the IWR required Bush to get approval from the security council of the UN.

There was some hope at the time that the security council, which included Syria, would say NO.

However, Bush got around that by lying to the security council - told them that their first vote did NOT authorize an invasion without a 2nd vote. Then when BushCo realized the 2nd vote would not pass, they simply opted to not have the 2nd vote and to invade anyway.

Kerry would argue, and I believe HAS argued that the IWR vote gave Bush the muscle to enforce inspections. Which is why he said he did NOT regret his vote.

Yet I would said that it was that kind of hair-splitting that kept him from winning in 2004. That Kerry did not, even looking back from the year 2004, take a strong stand against the invasion.