Only one Democratic candidate voted to send our children to a war based on lies.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

[cosmicone]

1. Meh.... non-issue manufactured by Sanders n/t

[JonLeibowitz]

2. Sending our young men and women to Iraq, some of whom died, is now a Bernie creation?

[cosmicone]

3. She didn't send them to Iraq -- GW Bush did doh

[DesertFlower]

9. he's the one who should be punished along with

cheney, rumsfeld, et al.

[cosmicone]

13. Exactly n/t

[revbones]

29. Yeah, certainly not those that voted to let him do it! They're completely innocent.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

32. Actually Congress voted for it

[Shadowflash]

38. And a non-issue!?!

I'd say the Iraq war was one of the BIGGEST issues in recent memory.

[Cheese Sandwich]

4. ^ This comment says it all

[kristopher]

5. You are stepping over the line

Seriously. How can any human with even a speck of empathy dismiss the consequences of Hillary's cynical vote for that war?

I'm being sincere when I say that your comment is literally revolting - it causes me to feel like I want to vomit it is so disgusting. Don't you have any idea of how your behavior is perceived?

[cosmicone]

6. Get over it ... 90+ senators voted for it and that is what her constituents wanted.

It is easy to sit in an insignificant state like Vermont and refuse to vote for it.

As easy it is for a senator from NY to vote for the Brady bill but Bernie voted against it FIVE times.

[DesertFlower]

8. it was a terrible mistake. she admits she was

wrong. should we punish all the other senators who voted for it? kerry and biden were 2 of them and both ran for prez.

she's not perfect but she is the most qualified of all the candidates to be prez.

[beedle]

19. Sure, why not

they voted for what anyone with half a brain knew was a pile of bullshit. We knew Iraq was not involved with 9/11, and the WMD nonsense was moronic, Desert Strom and 10 or so years of 'no fly zone' DU bombing, and super stiff sanctions made that so unlikely it was ridicules to believe there were WMDs.

They should all have resigned for making such a violent and dumbass vote.

[Skwmom]

25. And neither Biden or Kerry became President. n/t

[reformist2]

20. So you are admitting she wasn't a leader, but a FOLLOWER.

[morningfog]

34. Is that you Dick Cheney? I'm not surprised to see bush and Iraq war defenders here.

I'm not surprised they claim to be Clinton supporters.

[Jitter65]

14. It was not a CYNICAL vote. Shame on you for saying that.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2016/02/hillary_clinton_told_the_truth_about_her_iraq_war_vote.html

[kristopher]

15. I knew the Bush claims were bogus.

I don't say I thought they were bogus or anything like that - I knew they were bogus. And so did a very large chunk of the populace.
I'm giving Hillary the benefit of the doubt by saying cynical because the only alternatives are that she is either extremely dull witted or a blood-thirsty warmonger.


BTW, she has claimed that she backed it in return for support from Shrub on money for rebuilding after 911. Starting a process that kills more than a million people in return for funds you should get anyway is as "cynical" as it comes.

“I’m sitting there in the Oval Office, and Bush says to me, ‘What do you need?’ And I said, ‘I need $20 billion to rebuild, you know, New York,’ and he said, ‘You got it.’ And he was good to his word,” Clinton said in response to Matthews’ question on why Bernie Sanders was right on the Iraq War vote and Clinton was wrong.

Would you like to see the video?
http://usuncut.com/politics/hillary-clinton-iraq-war-vote-bribe-video/

[Skwmom]

27. Elected officials that read the evidence knew it was a lie. The others were worried about their

political futures.

[LonePirate]

37. The bill passed Congress with huge majorities and support from a majority of Americans.

That should tell you everything you need to know about the IWR.

However, a large chunk of Americans opposing it is by no means a majority of Americans. To believe that large chunk was a majority at the time is to rewrite history. Yes, significant numbers of Americans opposed the IWR but the majority of Americans at the time supported it.

[kristopher]

39. I understand you like Hillary but don't pretend to be naive

No, I don't judge right and wrong by the standards of congress. They are there to reflect the values of the country, not the other way around.

[LonePirate]

41. And the majority of people in America at the time were in favor of the IWR.

Sometimes doing what is right for America conflicts with what Americans want/support. In this instance, Congress sided with supporting what their constituents supported.

It is simply wrong to say a majority of Americans were opposed to the IWR. That is not the case at all. There is nothing naïve about stating the truth that the IWR had majority support among the American people. I'm not justifying the IWR. I'm simply relaying an accurate fact of recent American history.

[kristopher]

42. THEY GENERATED PUBLIC SENTIMENT FOR A WAR WITH THE WRONG COUNTRY

DELIBERATELY.

They created fear and stampeded SOME the US public with propaganda that was utterly transparent - Remember Valarie Plame, Judy Miller; slashing the price on the war like a used car salesman; we'll be greeted like liberators?

On and on. At least half of the public knew they were lying and those in the Senate - all of them - knew the justifications were a lie. The 911 hijackers were Saudis FFS - Iran had nothing to do with it.

We're done.

[kristopher]

40. Another thing - it did not pass with massive majorities but the public outcry against it was massive

There were 21 Dems voted against it in the Senate.
In the case of WWII only 1 Senator voted against it.

[morningfog]

36. that poster is a shill. They aren't here in good faith.

[cosmicone]

11. I bet it's an issue - but she should be blaming GW Bush. n/t

[kristopher]

16. SMH in disgust

“I’m sitting there in the Oval Office, and Bush says to me, ‘What do you need?’ And I said, ‘I need $20 billion to rebuild, you know, New York,’ and he said, ‘You got it.’ And he was good to his word,” Clinton said in response to Matthews’ question on why Bernie Sanders was right on the Iraq War vote and Clinton was wrong.

Would you like to see the video?
http://usuncut.com/politics/hillary-clinton-iraq-war-vote-bribe-video/

[cosmicone]

17. So? She got $20 billion for rebuilding NY

Far less than the $1.3 TRILLION F-35 junk that Bernie voted for !!!

[basselope]

24. She voted against the war??? WOW. She should get that out there!

[revbones]

30. Yep. Sanders just made up the whole Iraq War and her vote. Yep. Got it.

[morningfog]

33. That's pretty calloused. I can see you are following your marching orders.

[Hoyt]

7. bush could have gone to war without it. The IF NEEDED

resolution was supported by a lot of very good Democrats.

In any event, plenty of people disagree with Sanders' supporters BS on this.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/five-myths-about-hillary-iraq-war-vote_b_9177420.html

[Loudestlib]

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[basselope]

26. Fixing it for you...

"resolution was supported by a lot of very bad Democrats. "

[sadoldgirl]

18. Sorry, let me correct you a bit:

Several Dems voted for that war, BUT

only One gave a nineteen minute speech

to justify it.

[NYCButterfinger]

21. You do remember people said that the ones that voted against the IWR in 2002 were Anti American?

Some senators did not have a choice. It was a stupid war, foolish war. Move on.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

35. OMG, they called them names?

Well, voting for the war is OK then. I'm sure the hundred thousand dead wouldn't mind if they knew that people would have been mean to those senators if they voted against the war.

On the other hand, they could have actually stood up for what is right for once instead of what is politically expedient.

[felix_numinous]

22. We knew it was corrupt when we marched against it

knew Patriot was prewritten, there were no bid contracts, stolen election, W being prewarned the summer before. If millions of people knew this war was pre arranged prior to 911 how could anyone claim ignorance to vote for it??

[reddread]

23. and the best they can do is forgive and understand a "mistake"

IT WAS NEVER A MISTAKE.

[slipslidingaway]

28. Judgement, some realized the lies and spoke out, others did not, a simple truth. nt

[cantbeserious]

31. HRC - The 1%s - 1%ter

eom

[JPnoodleman]

43. Hillary is cut from the Kissinger cloth, she doesn't give a flip about war dead...

As her mentor Kissinger said of soldiers "Their just dumb animals to enact foreign policy."

None of our lives matter to people like that.