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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Buttigieg: Biden supported the worst foreign policy decision in my lifetime [View all]BeyondGeography
(39,437 posts)36. There was a lot of political posturing by D's who voted for IWR
Several of whom would subsequently mount failed runs for the presidency. One could be forgiven for concluding that voters werent fooled.
But some were more enthusiastic than others, and one even implicitly chastised other Democrats for not being sufficiently hawkish when it was clear Bush had grievously miscalculated:
July 31, speech at the Brookings Institution:
Nine months ago, I voted with my colleagues to give the president of the United States of America the authority to use force, and I would vote that way again today. It was the right vote then and it would be a correct vote today. ... Contrary to what some in my party might think, Iraq was a problem that had to be dealt with sooner, rather than later. So I commend the president. He was right to enforce the solemn commitments made by Saddam...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/09/bidens-claim-that-he-opposed-iraq-war-moment-it-started
Nine months ago, I voted with my colleagues to give the president of the United States of America the authority to use force, and I would vote that way again today. It was the right vote then and it would be a correct vote today. ... Contrary to what some in my party might think, Iraq was a problem that had to be dealt with sooner, rather than later. So I commend the president. He was right to enforce the solemn commitments made by Saddam...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/09/bidens-claim-that-he-opposed-iraq-war-moment-it-started
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Buttigieg: Biden supported the worst foreign policy decision in my lifetime [View all]
bluewater
Dec 2019
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In your opinion - what is the worst US foreign policy decision in the last 37 years?
Terry_M
Dec 2019
#5
For me, the SINGLE worst US foreign policy decision anywhere close to the past 37 years
BlueMTexpat
Dec 2019
#67
That would certainly be a feather in his cap... but Joe is going to lose Iowa
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#53
It looks like the delegates for Iowa will either be split three or four ways.
TexasTowelie
Dec 2019
#68
Both Harris and Warren went for that 'kind of stuff' - it did not work for them either
empedocles
Dec 2019
#7
Good point...Biden has taken more incoming from Trump than from all of our candidates combined
BeyondGeography
Dec 2019
#18
Well said and quite accurate. The vote was to give W maximum leverage to force compliance
The Valley Below
Dec 2019
#20
Bush and the GOP are responsible for the war...period. As for Biden the point was he came to
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#49
Yes Joe...Mayor Pete is 100% RIGHT...NO QUESTION ABOUT IT!! Was Biden's absolute worst
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#29
Death rattling from an overly eager politician realizing that his elected career is ending.
SaschaHM
Dec 2019
#13
I supported giving the president the leverage to force compliance with UN Resolutions
The Valley Below
Dec 2019
#33
Nonsense....bankruptcies still go through...and it would have been much worse if the GOP alone
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#56