Reply #24: I would have voted no, even if Saddam did have WMD.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

Pre-emptive war is illegal and immoral.

The politicians who voted for the war knew that there was no compelling reason to go to war but voted for it anyway for purely political reasons. To show that they were "tough" and "patriotic".

Spare me the nonsense that they "didn't know" that Bush wasn't going to war with, or without, their votes. If that was even true, that blatant ignorance should disqualify them from any public office other than janitor. The "I was fooled" defense of their votes is equal, in my eyes, to the "good Germans" who never "knew" what was going on during Hitler's regime.

23 other senators did vote against it.

They were collaborators in launching an immoral and illegal war that has killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, maimed many more, and displaced over 2 million. They have blood on their hands.