If the liberals don't like the war; then why did their elected officials vote to keep supporting it; last week

Answer 1

Who knows?

Answer 2

first, you have to get out of your mind the concept of Liberals and Conservatives. That's a total bunch of hogwash to label individuals. Politicians do what's expedient for the most part.

Regarding the vote that was really a political ploy. Who can vote against funding troops? A vote that limits US foreign policy could endanger more troops because our enemies know the limiitations of our actions.

This is the kind of situation the US gets into when the population allows their government to go to war. Now we are put into a crazy situation. The only reason everyone isn't yelling is because there isn't a draft in place. If there was the US would be outta there so damn fast.

Oh yeah they are also tightly controlling images of dead US soldiers and coffins coming home. This was a driving image that had a lot to do with the citizens of the US getting sick of the war in Vietnam.

They learned how to control the population better now.

Answer 3

Right before the war started I was talking to a friend of mine who is very conservative and is also a Lt. Col. in the US Army. We both agreed that taking Saddam was a good thing, however the question is how do you get out. He told me at the time that we still had troops in Bosnia that were getting killed but you would never hear about it on the news. He said once you get into something like this it takes decades to get out.

So the real issue for me is not the idea of the war, but the poor execution and the lack of an exit strategy. To those who want to drum up the terrorist arguement, you are ignoring the fact that Saddam had very little connections to terrorists. Just by being there now we are creating more terrorists. We are in more danger now than before the war started.

Answer 4

Nobody "likes" the war.

Unfortunately, one side of the aisle is trying mightily to make political gains by playing to America's (normal) dislike of a war that has gone on for a long time. They can't stop telling voters just how misguided our leaders are. Their solution? "Come November, throw the bums out!"

Fed up with this politically motivated rhetoric, the Republicans forced a vote on a resolution to bring the troops home (as proposed by that rock-solid stalwart John Kerry who last week announced that he was "wrong" to have voted to support the war).

Of course, the Democrats would not go on record as being against the war effort. The resolution failed 93 - 6 in the Senate and 256 - 153 in the House of Representatives.

Then they screamed FOUL! How dare the Republicans force us to take responsibility for our political rhetoric in the form of a recorded vote?!

Answer 5

There's a difference between liking or not liking war, and thinking a particular action is being mishandled.

Saying "liberals don't like war" is a massive generalization, about the same as saying "all conservatives are christian". It's just way too broad.

As far as elected officials, they often do things their constituents don't' approve of. Which is why our Commander-in-Sheik has a 30% approval rating, and Congress is even lower on the average.

Answer 6

Democrats voted to give the president authorization to do whatever he wants including to start a war because of two reasons:
1. They were spineless (I say this without any pleasure).
2. The president mis-represented facts leading everyone to believe that Iraq possessed WMDs and was an imminent threat to the security of the United States. Experts such has Hans Blix (former UN weapons inspector and IAEA chief) counseled against this conclusions but were overruled.

They voted to continue to support it because it would be irresponsible for the United States to simply pull out.

The US of course really doesn't care too much about Democracy unless it suits our needs (Mobuto, Pinochet, The House of Al-Saud are among names that ring a bell).

Answer 7

Simple answer is that they know the American People are not as much against going into Iraq as the mainstream press is trying to indicate. Otherwise, they'd just go with the 'polls', since that's what liberals usually do.

They know the 'polls' are dead wrong. And they're up for re-election.

Plus, Democrats are very, very weak on National Defense, and the libs want to go on record as being on the right side of things... they don't really believe what they voted for, but they did it for political expediency.

Answer 8

I am a Conservative and I do not like the war. I realize, though, that it is necessary for it to be finished in a manner which is favorable to the USA. This is a war of attrition. We have won wars like this before and can win again. We must have the fortitude to perservere. Not liking the war and voting to support it are not necessarally opposite ideas. To end the war in the best manner possible, we must support the war without hesitation.

Answer 9

All contributors of a Society- who're eligible to Vote- share duty. the two by making use of being complicit or by making use of act of omission. Feminists that make statements like that, shouldn't settle for interest: they haven't any theory of their very own nature or of the psychological forces which shape their determination-making technique. For MET: An American President declared "conflict on Terror" (the way it is user-friendly to salary conflict on a psychological state is previous me). 2 Sovereign international locations have been invaded. a million different replace into attacked with/by making use of American Cruise Missiles (First time a Nobel Peace Prize winner did so!) dissimilar international locations have stated subversion by making use of American brokers: Syria, Egypt. a ideal assertion of conflict is as lots a criminal proclamation as an act. by making use of no longer asserting, there is way less place of work work and criminal complexities.

Answer 10

not all did vote to support the war in Iraq,,, many Democrats believe the we should bring US troops home or redeploy them,,, i agree,,, to keep our troops in a war zone that was clearly a mistake seems to be to exacerbated by the rhetoric by Rove and the Bush doctrine,,, once a mistake is acknowledged,, correct the mistake,,, sorry too late ,,, Republicans say your either with the Iraq war or your unpatriotic and against our troops,,,, Democrats had better stand up against the rubber stampers of Bush and help do the right thing

Answer 11

Because MOST liberals do not have a clue why we are fighting. They only support "Free Love" and "Why can't we all just get along" mentality.

Some people in the world only want to Kill and maim anyone and anything they don't believe in.

I promise you this. One of those Liberal pansies gets caught by the terrorist they are so protecting, what would happen to them?
They would be SLAUGHTERED like PIGS. Like ALL that do not succumb to the terrorist!

Thanks for this question!