Did the Democrat Congressmen and women unanimously approve the war on the same intel that the White House had?

Question

I have trouble understanding why some people say that Iraq is based on the Bush administration lies when Congress unanimously approved the war. Can someone clarify this for me?

Answer 1

Not only the Congress, but the U.N., and most of Europe. Democrats want Bush to pay! They pay their Democratic leaders by reelecting them. And they call Republicans sheep.

Answer 2

The Democrat Congressmen and women DID NOT unanimously approve the war. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 passed the house 296-133 and the Senate 77-23.
The resolution gave war powers to the President Bush to take out Saddam Hussein. It was based on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, and programs to develop such weapons and alleged ties to 911 among other things. These items turned out to be based on faulty or fixed intelligence.

Answer 3

It seems that the Bush administration cherry picked the Intel that it passed on, so that it looked much more convincing than it was.
In other words, what they wanted Congress to know was not the full story, and anything that went against the official line was not acknowledged, leaving Congress to make their judgment based on biased material.
What Iraq did and had before the Gulf War and what they had and did after their loss of that war is one of the things that has conveniently been confused. Lets remember that the UN inspectors were roundly criticized for not finding said WMDs and we were told they weren't doing their jobs. What can be said quite honestly in 1983 doesn't hold true for 2002.

Answer 4

Not unanimous and Democrats and Republicans say that Bush and friends lied about the weapons of mass destruction, uranium and other lies. Prime Minister Tony Blair also lied. Are you one of the people who are still hoping that Bush finds the weapons of mass destruction that he told us were there? It would be more clear if you would read the newspaper or Yahoo! news once in a while.

Answer 5

People say this because Congress voted based on intelligence that the white house gave them and on the assuption that the intelligence was true when it was not and reports are coming out now that the Bush administration was advised that the information was untrue and unreliable and still passed the information on to congress and the american people.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Because the Administration cherry picked the intelligence and passed the selected pieces to the Congress and to the UN.

Answer 8

Well I knew there were no WMD and I'm not a congress person. I'd have to say they were incompetent or disingenuous, either way they should take the blame with the white house.

Answer 9

Bush, an evil mastermind genius magician, was able to trick the unsuspecting Congress with his superior intelligence, magic and hypnotics!

Answer 10

I love these witless MORONS with their "cherry picked intel" that blithely IGNORE the statements made YEARS prior to W's election. Baa....BAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!


"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998

"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
--Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998

"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
--Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998

"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton, signed by:
-- Democratic Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others, Oct. 9, 1998

"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
-Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998

"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
-- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999