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Biden voted for Iraq war in 2002. He voted YES on authorizing use of military force against Iraq.
Only later did Biden became a war critic.
Biden voted YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq by March 2008.
Biden sponsored a resolution opposing the troop surge: no military escalation in Iraq. (Jan 2007)
Way to go Joe, get in their and claim credit for victory.
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Reference :
Joe Biden on the Issues
Joe Biden on War & Peace
‘Just Words’ That Joe Biden Would Like To Forget - Article - National Review Online
- On Meet the Press in 2007, on Hussein’s WMDs Biden stated: “Well, the point is, it turned out they didn’t, but everyone in the world thought he had them. The weapons inspectors said he had them. He catalogued — they catalogued them. This was not some, some Cheney, you know, pipe dream. This was, in fact, catalogued.”
Only later did Biden became a war critic.
Biden voted YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq by March 2008.
- But Biden said to the Brookings Institution in 2005: “We can call it quits and withdraw from Iraq. I think that would be a gigantic mistake. Or we can set a deadline for pulling out, which I fear will only encourage our enemies to wait us out — equally a mistake.”
- No one has fought harder to change Bush's policy [than I have Biden said]. Matter of fact, the very language that was vetoed in the bill was language that I and, along with Senator Levin, put in, and I suggested over a year ago in a proposal I laid forward, that is, start to draw down troops immediately, have them all out by '08.
Biden sponsored a resolution opposing the troop surge: no military escalation in Iraq. (Jan 2007)
- On Meet the Press, January 7, 2007, Biden assessing the proposal of a surge of troops to Iraq: “If he surges another 20, 30, or whatever number he’s going to, into Baghdad, it’ll be a tragic mistake, in my view, but, as a practical matter, there’s no way to say, ‘Mr. President, stop.’”
- Sponsor's introductory remarks: Sen. BIDEN: This bipartisan resolution opposes the President's plan to escalate the war in Iraq. This resolution says what we and many of our colleagues, Democrats and Republicans, are against: deepening America's military involvement in Iraq by escalating our troop presence. Just as important, it says what we and many of our colleagues are for: a strategy that can produce a political settlement in Iraq. That's the only way to stop Shiites and Sunnis from killing each other and allow our troops to leave Iraq without leaving chaos behind.
Way to go Joe, get in their and claim credit for victory.
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Reference :
Joe Biden on the Issues
Joe Biden on War & Peace
‘Just Words’ That Joe Biden Would Like To Forget - Article - National Review Online
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