Alot of democrats voted for the war in Iraq but it seems like the democrats get to take the 'I wish i hadn't voted for it' cop out without being burned by the public while Bush, not saying I'm on his side, gets the whole 'illegal war' or 'murderer' insults chunked at him. Aren't the dems that voted for the war just as responsible for it. Even if they "regret" their decisions?
2007-01-31 13:53:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The democrats would never admit to doing anything wrong, they spin everything that comes out of their mouths. If they voted on something as important as the war with out any thought what else do they vote on without even studying all the information available before voting. The democrats called President Bush a thief for so called "stealing the Presidency against Gore" They counted every hanging chads in Florida, for months. Now to get even, they will not spend a dime for our troops serving, you would think that they would at least think that through.
2007-01-31 14:53:06 · answer #1 · answered by Peek-A-Poo 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1. The Dems don't get to "take it back." Dems who voted for it, voted for it, and if someone wants to never vote for so-and-so again because of his/her Iraq vote, then they should.
2. No, they are not equally responsible. Republicans controlled the committees involving intelligence and foreign policy that had more access to the intelligence community and think tanks. It was info from intelligence agents and think tanks that was misused to justify the war in advance, therefore, those Republicans who were on the committees and those in the President's administration were more capable of finding the truth, and more at fault for not doing so.
That's how I see it, anyway. But I also see your point. Someone should have debunked the WMD myth before we went to war. Far as I can tell, the only person who tried was Wilson, the guy they are going to trial with Scooter Libby about. To my knowledge, Wilson is unaffiliated with either party, although I'll bet he leans toward Dems after what the Republicans did to his family.
2007-01-31 14:12:39 · answer #2 · answered by johnnybassline 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
To make a mistake is bad enough. To publicly admit to it is the first step in making peace with the injured parties (that would be the country). It doesn't fix things, but it's a step. Bush has not admitted he's made a mistake, and in fact keeps trying to increase his mistake by throwing more troops--more American lives--at it. If he regrets his decision, he sure isn't showing it, and so he gets no sympathy for any such regret.
2007-01-31 14:35:03 · answer #3 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is because the president deliberatly lied to them. Cheney and rumsefeld went to the cia and forced them to make a connection between iraq and al-qaeda and they came up with wmds whe there wer no wmds and now there are 3,000 of the ebst and brightest of my generation dead. and for what? o thats right so mr bush can sit back and watch the dollars roll in
2007-01-31 14:36:37 · answer #4 · answered by sjdesai1 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋