Joe Biden is a foreign policy wonk whose credentials sets him apart from the rest of the field

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20. Per Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Joe_Biden#Iraq

In 1990, after Iraq under Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, Biden voted against the first Gulf War, asking: "What vital interests of the United States justify sending Americans to their deaths in the sands of Saudi Arabia?"[109] In 1998, Biden expressed support for the use of force against Iraq and urged a sustained effort to "dethrone" Saddam Hussein over the long haul.[110] In 2002, as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he stated that Saddam Hussein was "a long-term threat and a short term threat to our national security" and that the United States has "no choice but to eliminate the threat".[111] He also said, "I think Saddam either has to be separated from his weapons or taken out of power."[112] Biden also supported a failed resolution authorizing military action in Iraq only after the exhaustion of diplomatic efforts,[113] Biden argued that Saddam Hussein possessed chemical and biological weapons and is seeking nuclear weapons.[114] Biden subsequently voted in favor of authorizing the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[56]

In 2006, about three years into the war in Iraq, Biden believed the original authorization on the use of military force in Iraq in 2002 had been a mistake because President Bush "used his congressional authority unwisely." Biden argued that the 2002 resolution needed revision because Saddam Hussein had since been deposed and executed, and because the weapons of mass destruction that the Iraq regime supposedly had stockpiled — a principal justification by the Bush administration for going to war — were never found. Biden opposed increasing troops in Iraq while favoring the training of Iraqi soldiers to maintain the security of their own country and said U.S. troops should "responsibly draw down" and not stay in Iraq indefinitely.[115]

So, what did we learn from this?:

1. Biden voted against the first Iraq invasion
2. Biden voted in the second Iraq invasion for a proposal to only invade after all attempts at diplomacy had failed. That resolution did not pass in Congress.
3. Biden only voted for the invasion of Iraq because a) he thought he thought that Hussein was "a long-term threat and a short term threat to our national security" and b) that Iraq possesed chemical and biological weapons and was also seeking nuclear weapons. And why did Biden believe that? Because the Bush II Administration manufactured evidence that Iraq had WMDs and was seeking nuclear WMDs.