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Reply #67: Not a heck of a lot of Dems opposed the invasion of Iraq. [View All]

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backscatter712

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Sat Nov-07-09 01:04 PM
Response to Reply #61

67. Not a heck of a lot of Dems opposed the invasion of Iraq.

Blame the corporate Blue Dogs for that too.

But if the Dems united in opposition to the war, filibustered the Iraq War resolution, and stood firm, yes, Bush would have been SOL on Iraq.

Sadly, enough of them supported the invasion of Iraq that it did happen.

But Bush was SOL on Iran. Not just because of Congress (which by that time had been retaken by the Democrats), but because of the people too - there was sufficiently widespread opposition to Bush's plans to bomb Iran that it didn't happen.

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