2016 Postmortem

JTShroyer

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79. Her Iraq war vote is misunderstood

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 05:54 AM

Oct 2015

Hillary gave Bush the authorization to go to war as a *last* resort. Bush went to war as a *first* resort. Bush also didn’t let the UN inspectors finish their job, something he said he would let them do. Why don’t Hillary-haters have a good grasp of history!?!?

Hillary already said she regrets giving Bush the authorization for the war. But she, as a Senator of New York, trusted him in the aftermath of 9/11, something most Americans regrettably did. Patriotism and trust was at an all-time high after 9/11/2001, and no one thought Bush would go into Iraq before the inspectors were finished. Bush lied. People died. That's the truth.

Bernie supported funding the war, so he gets to claim he voted against the Iraq war, yet didn’t do anything to actually stop it.

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Not buying it. HerbChestnut Oct 2015 #1

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Bernie flip-flopped on guns JTShroyer Oct 2015 #12

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