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In reply to the discussion: I'm sorry, guys. I can't get past her vote for the Iraq "war". [View all]PassingFair
(22,434 posts)You're citing the AUMF, not the IWR...
The Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), Pub. L. 107-40, codified at 115 Stat. 224 and passed as S.J.Res. 23 by the United States Congress on September 14, 2001, authorizes the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001.
From a post of mine in 2005...
First of all, these Senators voted AGAINST *'s IWR:
Akaka (D-HI)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Chafee (R-RI)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Dayton (D-MN)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Graham (D-FL)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Reed (D-RI)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Wellstone (D-MN)
Wyden (D-OR)
Let's here it for them!
Do NOT FAIL to mention that the MAJORITY of Democrats in the House voted NO!
In the Senate, 22 of the 50 Democrats voted no on the Iraq War Resolution (IWR). HOWEVER, of those still serving in the Senate, the opponents of the IWR comprise a 20-18 majority. The yes votes no longer in the Senate are Carnahan, Cleland, Daschle (who were all defeated), Torricelli (who probably would have been because of scandal), and Breaux, Edwards, Hollings and Miller (who all retired). Of the no voters, only Wellstone and Bob Graham are gone from the Senate. And in the House, a solid majority of Democrats--126 to 81--voted no. Even in Congress Democratic support for the war was a minority position.
A look back in time on DU would show that the majority of democrats were screaming "OH HELL NO!" in regards to the invasion of Iraq, and MILLIONS of Americans were taking to the streets to protest the Anglo-American take-over of Iraq.
The "New" Democrats have a plan that relies on their notion of "plausible deniability".
The rest of us are supposed to shut-up and let the spin play out. Their arguments are:
We did NOT vote to go to war! (SURE they didn't)
We were fooled by faulty intelligence! (SURE they were)
The "chess players" figured that they would "win", whatever the outcome of the invasion:
If it had worked (5% chance), they would have voted in accordance with the "winning" side.
If it didn't work (95% chance) they could pull out the "you lied to us" semantics.
Cynical. Murderous. Unforgivable.
Hundreds of thousands have died. Time to demand truth and accountability from our dems.
A minority percentage of our democrats voted yes and sat back and watched the invasion unfold without trying to stop it because they believed it was politically expedient to do so.