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In reply to the discussion: For those who find Hillary's IWR vote unforgivable, are you equally disgusted with Joe Biden? [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)the war in Iraq.
The candidate I support this time, also opposed it AND voted against it.
I do not support anyone whose judgement was so poor that they failed to see the horrific consequences of that war on millions and millions of human beings. No one who believe Bush/Cheney has the judgement to be in such a powerful position.
As for the VP choice, since I supported Obama in 2008 I have been very disappointed. In his choices of Cabinet members eg, but we made the best choice AGAINST that war that was available at the time.
THIS time we have a far, far better choice.
I don't understand how ANYONE can, for political purposes, simply dismiss that horrific war and then more or less demand that those of us who are still watching the ongoing human tragedies it created, join them in just looking the other way.
I think of the thousands of US troops who were sacrificed and the millions of innocent people who were murdered, displaced, wounded and maimed for life, tortured and deprived of their rights as human beings, and there is no way I can overlook all that.
It's easy I suppose to ignore the human suffering from a comfortable home in the US. I work hard to never allow myself to do that despite all the attempts at emotional manipulation we are subjected to.
The War Criminals who lied us into this human disaster were never held accountable.
One way we can do that is to let everyone who supported them know, that at least some Americans will 'never forget'.
Remember that? 'Never Forget'. I won't.