A wrong vote is a one time event. Do years of endorsement equate to vote?
2007-07-16 11:48:08 · 9 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Yes. They are unrelated.
It's like the difference between going to a restaurant once to have a meal, and staying there (or going back) for the next 10 meals (or more) after that.
Besides, voting to invade Iraq to depose Saddam is one decision, made with respect to one situation.
After Saddam was deposed, the factual situation and the context changed significantly. Thus, any later decision to remain in Iraq after Mission Accomplished was entirely independent of the decision to depose Saddam.
2007-07-16 11:52:28 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If you voted for the war and later decide that you cannot support it because things are not being run appropriately that is one thing. If you are going to run around being a revisionist claiming we were lied to and all sorts of other BS that is another thing.
If the war had been waged like back in the old days (WWII) we would have cleaned the place up by now. When you force the military to fight such a clean war and highlight only their failures, what do you expect to happen?
2007-07-16 18:56:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. Folks are entitled to change thier minds, afterall. Politicians don't like to admit to being wrong, though. The line "I voted for the war, but realize now, that it was a mistake, so I'm against it," for instance, admits fallability, which doesn't inspire confidence, espcially if the opposition is sticking confidently to thier pro-war stance. To avoid that, many who voted for the war like to take the line that the 'evidence' for going to war was all lies, so that they're not responsible for thier bad decision.
2007-07-16 18:55:36 · answer #3 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One should care what they vote for. Sometimes it comes back and bites you. This is what has happen to the politicians who voted and then said never mind. Integrity and ones word is lost.
2007-07-16 18:52:07 · answer #4 · answered by ♥ Mel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is funny. Most posts I see say that only an idiot could not tell that the war would go so badly. That a civil war was imminent. But I am just an elephant.
2007-07-16 19:02:20 · answer #5 · answered by The Angry Elephant 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do. The polls at the time said the majority of America approved of invading Iraq, then when the polls showed the majority wanted to finish up with it as quickly as possible they switched sides. Shows true commitment doesn't it?
2007-07-16 19:03:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I do think it brings their ability to think as an individual in question. That one vote you're speaking of was a very big one.
2007-07-16 18:55:06 · answer #7 · answered by gone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nice try Hillary boy, but a war isn't like a football game where you know ahead how long it will last.
2007-07-16 18:52:01 · answer #8 · answered by Bonneville P 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its as insane as my face
2007-07-16 18:50:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋