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Old 10-20-2011, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by t walgamuth View Post
Actually I seem to remember that the vote gave the president the authority to act under certain circumstances. It was not a declaration of war. I believe the president did not act in good faith according to what was authorized by congress.
We will never know what was in those legislators' minds when they voted to authorize the use of force in Iraq, but their claims that W mislead them ring hollow to me. They knew that Saddam was not an imminent threat. I believe that they knew that W was lying, but they were afraid for their post-9/11 political lives and supported him anyway. History with not treat them well, I predict.
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