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I made a mistake (Original Post) tk2kewl May 2016 OP
K&R Dragonfli May 2016 #1
Iraq was going to happen fun n serious May 2016 #2
I remember who voted for it and who didn't. nt silvershadow May 2016 #3
Seems you forgot who wanted the war. fun n serious May 2016 #4
What I haven't forgotten is my best friend, a wounded warrior. nt silvershadow May 2016 #8
So is my brother. nt fun n serious May 2016 #9
I am truly sorry. Much respect to your brother. He has my prayers, as do you and family. nt silvershadow May 2016 #12
Thank you. fun n serious May 2016 #14
Thank you so much. I weep for what has happened to him. nt silvershadow May 2016 #17
Yes indeed. fun n serious May 2016 #20
Who voted to give authorization to Chimp to do this to your brother? sixersixersixer May 2016 #38
My brother voted for Bush twice. nt fun n serious May 2016 #41
Warmest wishes to you and your loved ones. lovemydog May 2016 #51
Thank you. I am looking forward to going to see him some time over the summer for awhile. silvershadow May 2016 #52
I'm so sorry, fun. polly7 May 2016 #32
Hi Polly fun n serious May 2016 #43
Warmest wishes for you and your loved ones lovemydog May 2016 #49
Thank you fun n serious May 2016 #50
I don't forget. People who voted for the war, fucking wanted that war. I'm not Autumn May 2016 #21
True. The majority of DEMOCRATS in Congress voted against it. n/t eridani May 2016 #54
Did you vote for Kerry? nt Andy823 May 2016 #15
Yes, through triangulation, of course I did. Why do you ask? Was there a non-war vote choice? nt silvershadow May 2016 #18
I voted Clinton, Gore, Obama, and now Clinton nt fun n serious May 2016 #22
Yeah Kerry voted for it Demsrule86 May 2016 #37
So why is she apologizing for it? Not her war right? insta8er May 2016 #5
She is apologizing for the vote fun n serious May 2016 #6
You're backing an immortal political opportunist that voted for a war built on lies. Broward May 2016 #7
Holy Hell. I hope she is not immortal. Luminous Animal May 2016 #10
Oh shoot, me too. Broward May 2016 #27
No I am not. fun n serious May 2016 #11
Did you vote for Kerry? nt Andy823 May 2016 #16
Kerry did not give a 19min speech using sadoldgirl May 2016 #19
He voted for it Demsrule86 May 2016 #39
This time we have a choice of choosing for our candidate of someone who did not. Luminous Animal May 2016 #42
And Hillary wasn't going to miss that bandwagon tk2kewl May 2016 #31
LOL, well, I guess that is one way of looking at it. nt Logical May 2016 #35
Sure. Just like, "those kids were going to beat up that nerd anyway" progressoid May 2016 #45
So why did Hillary feel it necessary to get up in front of the Senate and parrot Bush's words? Scuba May 2016 #60
I hope Howard Dean primaries the traitorous Bern and beats his butt in 2018. Surya Gayatri May 2016 #63
You are desperate, just like your candidate...eom asuhornets May 2016 #13
Yes. I'm desperate to break the cycle of war and profit above peace. tk2kewl May 2016 #28
i'm not for war. eom asuhornets May 2016 #34
If you vote hillary you vote for all her foreign policy blunders timmymoff May 2016 #47
Ok thanks for letting me know. asuhornets May 2016 #66
Showing her much touted "Foreign Policy Experience". Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #23
1665 to 1370... SidDithers May 2016 #24
Eloquence joined with keen analysis can be a great thing. guillaumeb May 2016 #26
Did you vote for Kerry? Squinch May 2016 #25
Not in the primary tk2kewl May 2016 #29
So you did. Squinch May 2016 #30
sophistry uponit7771 May 2016 #58
no. i vote for candidates that best represent my beliefs an vision for the future. tk2kewl May 2016 #61
Do only women's lives matter? Reter May 2016 #33
This Memorial Day check out all the editional cartoons sarge43 May 2016 #59
heartbreaking! mistake my ____; and she went on and bombed Libya amborin May 2016 #36
Obama is in charge of foreign policy Demsrule86 May 2016 #40
you're a new poster; so presumably you have not read the history of the Libya regime change; once yo amborin May 2016 #44
Hillary is not responsible for the Iraq War. to think so is delusional. Lil Missy May 2016 #46
of course not timmymoff May 2016 #48
This is a ridiculous appeal to emotion. nt BreakfastClub May 2016 #53
how so? Fairgo May 2016 #55
Thom Hartmann 2013 -- "Congress approved a conditional AUMF, NOT a blank check." Hoyt May 2016 #56
Sander apologize for corporate immunity or the CFMA yet? No, HRC for the character win.........again uponit7771 May 2016 #57
She didn't vote for the war. She voted to give Bush authority to enforce the UN pnwmom May 2016 #62
Oh, so she DID fuck up, and in world-class terms. She trusted Bush. Thanks for the clarification. hatrack May 2016 #64
It was Bush's war not Hillary's.. fun n serious May 2016 #65
She's so sorry that she started Libya, Syria, Honduras Doctor_J May 2016 #67
 

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)
52. Thank you. I am looking forward to going to see him some time over the summer for awhile.
Mon May 2, 2016, 03:24 AM
May 2016

He lives in Florida and I am in Indiana. It will be a joyous reunion indeed. Much love to my brother

 

fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
43. Hi Polly
Sun May 1, 2016, 10:02 PM
May 2016

I now regret giving a small glimpse of personal info here. I see how it used against you in the future by hateful nasty people. I see you know that all too well. There is nasty on all sides, sadly... Peace my friend.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
49. Warmest wishes for you and your loved ones
Mon May 2, 2016, 02:39 AM
May 2016

and for all those who posted here who have wounded loved ones.

Love is greater than hate.

Peace.

Autumn

(45,085 posts)
21. I don't forget. People who voted for the war, fucking wanted that war. I'm not
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:47 PM
May 2016

covering up for Bush or Hillary. Especially Hillary. She should have known better, millions of us knew.

You sure pointed out her bad judgment.

 

fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
11. No I am not.
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:38 PM
May 2016

I am proud of who I am voting for and who I have voted for. I do NOT wear rose colored glasses.

Demsrule86

(68,576 posts)
39. He voted for it
Sun May 1, 2016, 09:41 PM
May 2016

And Hillary was from New York...there was a great deal of emotion...pretty much everyone was for it back then...not me I hate all wars but this is unfair. It would be like saying Bernies gun votes disqualify him...how much safer would guns be today if he had not helped give immunity to manufacturers...maybe special triggers to save kids? He made the vote in good conscience. I do not agree with it but it does not disqualify him. Listen Bernie lost and running Hillary down will not help.

progressoid

(49,990 posts)
45. Sure. Just like, "those kids were going to beat up that nerd anyway"
Mon May 2, 2016, 12:40 AM
May 2016

Just because I told them it was OK and gave them the bats doesn't mean I'm in any way responsible.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
60. So why did Hillary feel it necessary to get up in front of the Senate and parrot Bush's words?
Mon May 2, 2016, 06:43 AM
May 2016












Maybe she just wanted to prove she was a war-mongering Republican.




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tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)
28. Yes. I'm desperate to break the cycle of war and profit above peace.
Sun May 1, 2016, 09:16 PM
May 2016

I find it sad that so many are willing to double down on war and the continuing dominance of profits over people

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
26. Eloquence joined with keen analysis can be a great thing.
Sun May 1, 2016, 09:07 PM
May 2016

I did not see it here, or anything close.

Feel free to try again.

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
59. This Memorial Day check out all the editional cartoons
Mon May 2, 2016, 06:31 AM
May 2016

and count up the number of times service women are shown. At best maybe one and that's not a sure bet.

Yeah, male causalities are never ever mentioned anywhere

Demsrule86

(68,576 posts)
40. Obama is in charge of foreign policy
Sun May 1, 2016, 09:44 PM
May 2016

Also, before you weep for Quadaffi...he was a monster who brought down a plane loaded with kids...my neighbor in Connecticut's daughter died on that plane. Also, Bernie voted for Afghanistan, you either hate war or you don't.

amborin

(16,631 posts)
44. you're a new poster; so presumably you have not read the history of the Libya regime change; once yo
Sun May 1, 2016, 10:22 PM
May 2016

you read it, along with HRC's emails in which she takes full credit, you will see that Hillary made the decision to bomb Libya and dragged reluctant Obama along.

Qaddafi was not a saint but he had turned toward the west. Libya was contained. Many thousands of innocents were slaughtered due to the bombing.

Hillary was getting advice from Blumenthal, who had business interests in Libya

Hillary hob nobs with brutal dictators who massacre thousands of innocents. She sells cluster bombs that the brutal Saudis are using on innocent civilians

etc

pnwmom

(108,978 posts)
62. She didn't vote for the war. She voted to give Bush authority to enforce the UN
Mon May 2, 2016, 08:39 AM
May 2016

resolutions about WMD's. There were no WMD's and he went in anyway. Hillary's mistake was in trusting Bush NOT to go to war unless WMD's were found.

hatrack

(59,587 posts)
64. Oh, so she DID fuck up, and in world-class terms. She trusted Bush. Thanks for the clarification.
Mon May 2, 2016, 08:43 AM
May 2016

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