Why do liberals pretend to be against the war when Most of their politicians voted in support of it?

Answer 1

Uh...the politicians don't work for us (regardless of party affiliation) they work for they lobbyists.

Answer 2

Well, ask yourself this question.

If Congress (republicans & democrats) knew then what they know now, would they have supported this?

Bush USED 9/11, fears, false information to get what he wanted then.

We don't pretend to be against the war. But we are between a rock and a hard place.

Are we going to start something again and just up and leave in the middle of it? We've done that before, but doing that here would be the worst thing we could do.

Yes, I want the family members that I have there home, as welll as all the rest of the troops. But that region was de-stabilized before we did this, but leaving now would make it even worse.

Answer 3

I'm guessing that you're referring to the War in Iraq. Well heads up, buddy; nobody voted for it. Congress gave Bush permission to use whatever form of force he needed to get the ones responsible for 9-11. Basically, they voted for Afghanistan.

However, he abused that power and went into Iraq, saying that they had WMD's and that they were also behind 9-11, which now we know is not true.


Every member of Congress who was in Congress at the time DIDN'T vote for the war. They voted to catch the terrorist behind 9-11. That's why we often call this an illegal war, because Congress never declared war on Iraq; Bush did.

Answer 4

i can't speak for all liberals, but in my estimation, very few politicians are "our" politicians. most of us who oppose the war opposed it from the beginning, just like the millions of others around the world, and the way some politicians voted doesn't mean we supported them. there was only one Senator who voted against the Patriot Act, but most liberals opposed that as well. the fact is, liberals (and honestly anyone with a modicum of sense) are entirely under-represented in government, as are most Americans. it's bad enough that Congress deadlocks without a "supermajority" for nearly anything -- worse is that our Representatives and Senators care very little for common people, and more about their own reelection.

Answer 5

You are assuming that the so-called "liberal", by which I assume you mean democrat, politicians actually represent liberals. Democrats and Republicans have the same master-- Big Business!!

Answer 6

Yes, they are hypocrites. They vote that way because they want to be re-elected. More voters are in favor of defending against, and fighting, Islamic terrorism, and the Dems know it. They only speak out against the war to appease their kook voter base.

EDIT***To the Thumbs down crowd: Do you just cover your eyes and ears to the fact that (1) there is a kook base for the Dems, and (2) the Dems bend over backwards saying things to appease this base? Have you got a better explanation?

Answer 7

Why do cons pretend they have found some great inconsistency when they are actually asking a question that has been answered hundreds of times.

Answer 8

Jase, you say congress should impeach the President because his ratings on the war are in the 20's. Well congress rating on the war is 3, so who is going to impeach them?

Answer 9

I can't speak for anyone but myself, and I've recently discovered I'm not actually a true "liberal" ... but I believe nobody's pretending. People in both parties oppose the war.

However, Democratic pols are as pro-war as their Republican masters, and always have been. They give loyal-opposition-style lip service to a more moderate position on war, but they've never been against it, not even now that a significant majority of Americans are against it.

Answer 10

In case you haven't noticed, public officials almost never do anything that their constituents wants.

Bush's approval rating is hovering somewhere around the 20s, usually, that means we don't want you anymore. Has anyone made a move to impeach? No.

So, your argument/question is a moot point.

Answer 11

Here we go again!!!

Because.....Dubya took advantage of the countries shock and fear and presented false evidence of IRAQ'S involvement in 911.
and non existent WMD'S.
And IRAQS imminent threat to the U.S.


And they believed him.....

And...when it was found out that the PRESIDENT was a lying SACK OF SH** and that IRAQ was not behind 911 they did the intelligent thing and voiced their opposition to the IRAQ WAR.

Do you know that it is OK to change ones mind when one is presented with the TRUTH?

Dubya and his handlers wanted to invade IRAQ before 911.
911 was a gift from God to them.

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