RetiredGySgt
Diamond Member
Republicans sent thousands of Americans to their deaths in Iraq.
They scream "Let him die".
Then they are "outraged" over a death Obama and his administration had nothing to do with?
Scumbags.
Democrats not only SUPPORTED Bush on the Iraq war they controlled the Senate when the vote was taken. If they had actually opposed the war or not been involved there would have been no WAR. No authority to use force would have been voted on at all if the dems had simply refused to bring it to the floor of the Senate.
Shall I link again to the time line for the vote and who controlled what at the time?
Further every year after the dems voted to PAY for the war. EVERY Year. Again the Republicans had no filibuster proof control of the Senate and still the Dems voted for the war in sufficient numbers to authorize it and pay for it. They never once filibustered it. NOT once.
And starting in 2006 they controlled both houses of Congress until 2011. It is an abject LIE to claim only the Republicans took us and kept us at war in Iraq. Even Obama supported the war as President.
Yes, Congress voted to give Bush authority to deal with it.
But guess what? The decision to invade and occupy Iraq was Bush's and Bush's alone. And even though hidsight is 20/20 we know that it was the WRONG decision. Our military men and women died for NO GOOD REASON.
The two questions that have never been answered are: 1) What exactly did we win? 2) Was it worth the cost in American lives? (Feel free to answer them if you like.)
Obama continued Bush's war because he really had no choice. To quit in the middle of it would have been far worse than continuing the effort. Even YOU would have to agree with that.
Obama PROMISED to end it as SOON as he was President. Did he lie? As for what we gained? The opportunity to kill terrorists in open battle rather then watching them blow planes up or fly them into buildings. We lost less troops in the entire war then we lose in a couple years due to accidents. We found out who are real allies are as well.
BUT the point is Rdean and truthmatters claim that the Republicans alone took us to war, a bald faced lie. The Senate was Democratic controlled THEY had to agree or there would have been no war. They could have shut the war down any time they wanted.