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David__77

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65. That's right.

Reply to ehrnst (Reply #57)

Fri Jan 17, 2020, 02:51 PM

Jan 2020

Barbara Lee got it right.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Joe Biden's Vote for War [View all] Voltaire2 Jan 2020 OP

Hillary Voted for The Iraq Invasion. It was an infection of the Senate at the time. Opel_Justwax Jan 2020 #1

Clinton was a first term jr senator Buzz cook Jan 2020 #11

I don't buy the Jr senator excuse. Opel_Justwax Jan 2020 #40

I don't buy your opinion. nt Buzz cook Jan 2020 #48

Neither do I... especially from someone as highly intelligent as Hillary. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2020 #51

Neither do I sammythecat Jan 2020 #54

at the end of the day Hilarry voted YES fallout87 Jan 2020 #45

So your saying Buzz cook Jan 2020 #49

And that vote hurt her in 2016 Polybius Jan 2020 #44

Rep. Adam Schiff also voted in favor of the invasion of Iraq. nt oasis Jan 2020 #2

It wasn't a vote for war. This has been brought up a dozen times in the last few weeks.... George II Jan 2020 #3

Everyone at the time knew Bush would invade. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2020 #4

No they (me) didn't, it's revisionist history to read the minds of "everyone". George II Jan 2020 #7

When every causus belli was a lie? Buzz cook Jan 2020 #20

Indeed!! Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #33

"Everyone" didn't know Hans Blix and UN inspectors would be tossed out oasis Jan 2020 #13

As importantly, before the vote Blix was NOT in Iraq karynnj Jan 2020 #24

yes we did all know it booley Jan 2020 #41

We here knew. If we knew, they knew. Those who voted for it voted for their own interests. nt Autumn Jan 2020 #15

Exactly sammythecat Jan 2020 #55

Bernie sure knew it!! We need a President with sound foreign policy judgment... InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2020 #37

Odd then that Biden was scrambling to put together a more restrictive bill. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #6

Because boomer_wv Jan 2020 #8

The authorization wouldn't have passed if enough senators had the guts to vote against it. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #9

Easy to say 17 years later and with boomer_wv Jan 2020 #12

What's interesting is that this seems to be the only issue that people can bash Biden about.... George II Jan 2020 #26

Not really, there's always the Bankruptcy bill. vsrazdem Jan 2020 #52

1000+ it doesn't fit with a certain campaign wanting to say otherwise Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #34

He wanted a MORE restrictive bill, i.e., even more controls on bush's "authority"... George II Jan 2020 #16

He and others in both parties on the SFRC committee scrambled because they wanted a better resolutio karynnj Jan 2020 #25

Thanks, karynnj for bringing FACTS into the discussion. oasis Jan 2020 #47

It was an authorization that was dependent on diplomacy being used first. Blue_true Jan 2020 #19

obviously it wasn't dependent on that. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #22

Obviously it was. But the terms of the bill were violated. NO ONE could anticipate that! George II Jan 2020 #27

GWB stated that he needed the resolution as leverage to get the UN to ehrnst Jan 2020 #76

Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe Jan 2020 #5

Senator Sanders voted for the money for the war. Without the money, there would be no war. nt Blue_true Jan 2020 #21

Yes, our troops would have had to have been withdrawn without that funding. It's like so many.... George II Jan 2020 #28

Why did Sanders vote to fund the war? delisen Jan 2020 #30

Yes he did vote for the appropriations... Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #35

Well, that's totally different because..... REASONS!!! (nt) ehrnst Jan 2020 #77

FFS stop, just stop Dream Girl Jan 2020 #10

Post removed Post removed Jan 2020 #14

Bingo The Valley Below Jan 2020 #39

It's Thursday, that article and bash on Biden hasn't been posted for a couple of days. It's overdue. George II Jan 2020 #17

Won't it be great when sanders goes home to VT!!! Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #36

+1 TexasTowelie Jan 2020 #23

where is the animosity.... quickesst Jan 2020 #18

None of them are running for president. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #59

so.... quickesst Jan 2020 #68

No, but choosing who to vote requires, for me Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #70

after some light reading... quickesst Jan 2020 #73

Lol Loki Liesmith Jan 2020 #29

Post removed Post removed Jan 2020 #31

Same old, same old ? left-of-center2012 Jan 2020 #32

Yup!! Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #38

OMG, Biden was one of 77 senators including 29 Democrats who voted for that! That shows highplainsdem Jan 2020 #42

So what's that say? sammythecat Jan 2020 #58

So you're saying Joe Biden was stupid or would let people die just to keep his job? Alrighty then. zackymilly Jan 2020 #62

Yes. It was one or the other. sammythecat Jan 2020 #64

Biden wanted to remove Saddam years before the Iraq Invasion booley Jan 2020 #43

So did Sanders. Ever hear of the Iraq Liberation Act? still_one Jan 2020 #53

E Fucking Nuff of this shit we can do it Jan 2020 #46

I recall that my senator, Boxer, opposes this. David__77 Jan 2020 #50

"I trust Bush," was apparently also the mindset behind the 2001 vote for AUMF... ehrnst Jan 2020 #57

That's right. David__77 Jan 2020 #65

And Bernie, not so much. Voted with the "I trust Bush" mindset. ehrnst Jan 2020 #66

No one cares about this issue anymore except some devotees determined to hurt Democrats NYMinute Jan 2020 #56

Joe made a mistake, period the end. He acknowledged that and has worked tirelessly to end the war. lark Jan 2020 #60

Problem is he doesn't really acknowledge it. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #61

That's where I disagree with him. lark Jan 2020 #63

As did Senator Sanders' 2001 vote for AUMF ehrnst Jan 2020 #67

"Joe Biden's Vote for War" myohmy2 Jan 2020 #69

... no amount of fudging is going to change this, either... ehrnst Jan 2020 #75

Post removed Post removed Jan 2020 #71

Your flamethrower is pointed in the wrong direction. nt cry baby Jan 2020 #72

Barbara Lee is someone who was right on this and the preceding war authorization. David__77 Jan 2020 #74