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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I've seen a lot of puff pieces about Hillary's excuses and justifications for her IWR vote. [View all]dflprincess
(28,082 posts)34. She knew damn well that's what she was voting for.
She did it because she thought it would make her look tough and was politically expedient to vote that way.
And she'd do it again if she thought it would help her career - regardless of how many people it killed.
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I've seen a lot of puff pieces about Hillary's excuses and justifications for her IWR vote. [View all]
vintx
Apr 2016
OP
She didn't want too. Bush gave NY 20 billion so she had too. And NY wanted that war...
bahrbearian
Apr 2016
#49
I did not realize until this moment that the Bernie Brigade takes umbrage with HRC's vote on Iraq.
Buzz Clik
Apr 2016
#2
Do you think the people will ever "shut up" about it? You DO know that millions died, right?
vintx
Apr 2016
#10
Millions died. That's a very big fucking difference. How many dead in Libya, so far,
vintx
Apr 2016
#16
She did not vote to authorize a war. Look it up ... or just keep obsessing over your misconception.
Buzz Clik
Apr 2016
#26
Not at all, but my patience has worn thin with the incredible arrogance accompanying your ignorance.
Buzz Clik
Apr 2016
#31
"It's time for the United States to start thinking of Iraq as a business opportunity." - HRC
vintx
Apr 2016
#7
meanwhile there's bernie voting to spend billions on the MIC every year. and look what he gets in
msongs
Apr 2016
#13
It's been ''Money trumps peace'' since the Ayatollah gave Reagan a major for the Hostages.
Octafish
Apr 2016
#14
IW was a mistake - I knew it at the time. It was bush/cheney's war, not Hillary's.
Lil Missy
Apr 2016
#30