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Bluenorthwest

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11. The people who were actually right voted No on the IWR and there were 21 Democratic Senators who

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Fri Jun 13, 2014, 05:44 PM

Jun 2014

voted no. Sens. Akaka , Bingaman ,Boxer , Byrd , Conrad , Corzine , Dayton Durbin ,Feingold ,Graham , Inouye ,Kennedy , Leahy, Levin , Mikulski , Murray , Reed , Sarbanes , Stabenow , Wellstone , and Wyden .
1 Republican senators voted against the resolution: Sen. Chafee.
One Independent, Mr Jeffords also voted no.

They get credit from me, not the war happy dupes of Bushco. Even a Republican was more correct than Biden. That should shame him, not bring him credit. He voted to invade. While a Republican knew better. Shame.

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Joe Biden deserves lots of credit for being right about Iraq. [View all] sufrommich Jun 2014 OP

When you say "right about Iraq", I assume you're not talking about his vote FOR the IWR. n/t hughee99 Jun 2014 #1

I'm talking about his opinion that Iraq is a sufrommich Jun 2014 #3

He is right about that, but he's hardly the first one to suggest something along those lines. hughee99 Jun 2014 #5

Huh? Its "right" for the USA to invade and segment the country as America sees fit? Mika Jun 2014 #2

Yeah, I said nothing like that.nt sufrommich Jun 2014 #4

You just think that Biden deserves lots of credit for this genius idea. n/t Mika Jun 2014 #6

The timing of this was important - it was fall 2007 karynnj Jun 2014 #9

Definitely deserves credit for this from the senate floor JaneyVee Jun 2014 #7

It is possible that had Bush pushed Iraq to have the type of regional summit karynnj Jun 2014 #8

i agree, Biden gets it more than those who only view it through one thing JI7 Jun 2014 #10

The people who were actually right voted No on the IWR and there were 21 Democratic Senators who Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #11