06-30-2021, 11:14 PM
Carnos Jax wrote:
(most all of Congress signed off on it)
Not true. In the House:
R’s 215 for, 6 against, 2 not voting
D’s 81 for, 126 against, 1 not voting
Senate:
R’s 48 for, 1 against
D’s and 1 independent 29 for, 21 against
Total congresspeople:
R’s 263 for (97.4%), 7 against (2.6%)
D’s (and I) 110 for (42.8%), 147 against (57.2%)
To compare, the vote to declare war on Japan in 1941 was 470 to 1. The vote to declare war on Germany was 481 to zero. Even the Gulf of Tonkin resolution passed 504 to 2.
There was clearly a full-court press toward the Iraq War by the Bush administration, but even in this impossible post-9/11 environment, the clear majority of Dems saw it for the disaster it was, and that shouldn’t be forgotten.