He's claiming, as Hillary did, that the 2002 war authorization vote wasn't actually to sign off on an invasion but give Bush "leverage" to pursue WMD inspections. That's such BS and it's amazing we still have to re-litigate this history
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Days before the Oct. 2002 vote, Bush delivered the infamous speech in Cincinnati where he proclaimed that the evidence on Saddam possessing nuclear weapons was essentially settled: with or without further inspections. And he warned that Saddam would give the WMD to terroristspic.twitter.com/sRFv80uwY3
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Bush warned that if Saddam was not "confronted," immediately, the US would be in grave danger. "Facing clear evidence of peril," Bush said, "We cannot wait for the final proof -- the smoking gun -- that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."
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Bush was making the case for an invasion with the Cincinnati speech. That's why the resolution he called for Congress to pass was entitled, "Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq." There was no ambiguity!
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The reason this matters now is not strictly because of the 2002 vote, although that itself should be disqualifying. But in addition, Biden's failure to honestly recount what happened in that period casts doubt on whether he'll honestly portray future "threats" as president
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Maybe.. Biden cannot remember what he did in 2002.
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Hell, it was as recent as Veteran's Day 2018 when
#BushLickerBiden presented dubya with a "liberty award". My guess is he will followup this year with another award... this time to his buddy#TheDickThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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How cool would it be if we had an actual news media that would call him out on his lies instead of run cover for him. One can dream.
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Biden? Bernie.
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Or can’t remember the truth
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Tulsi implied he learned his lesson. Good for Tulsi expunging his record.
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We cant. Hes the enemy.
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Oh be nice, he doesn't remember how he voted. Probably forgets his wife's name some days.
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Nobody in their right mind trusts a politician.
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Most Democratic voters stopped caring about wars long ago
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Somewhere around January 2009 if I rightly recall.
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It's insane to stop and think about how reasonable W's address sounded to my young 9/11-addled mind. The State Dept and the CIA wouldn't knowingly lie to me in order to manufacture my consent, would they?
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Biden has been in Washington D.C. for what? 40+ years? His entire life is a lie. Not that he is unique in that.
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