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While the article mentions Bush's motivation, I feel it's incomplete without the context that 263 / 270 (97%!) of US Republican congress voted for this invasion
by reducesuffering 3y ago
While the article mentions Bush's motivation, I feel it's incomplete without the context that 263 / 270 (97%!) of US Republican congress voted for this invasion.[0] It wasn't some lone White House decision.
The House Democrats still had a majority that voted against. (61%)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq_Resolution_of_2002#United_States_House_of_Representatives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Milit...
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- lapcat 3y agoSadly, though, a majority of Democratic Senators voted for the invasion, including Genocide Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, and Chuck Schumer. Aside from Lieberman, who had already been a VP nominee, all of these Senators were rewarded by the Democratic party after the debacle. They failed upward.