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Related: About this forum"The worst decision in American history"
Well, certainly one of the worst by a Democrat. But I can't hang that on Hillary alone.
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"The worst decision in American history" (Original Post)
El Supremo
Oct 2015
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elleng
(131,136 posts)1. No, but Chafee voted NO,
after studying the matter more than others.
Kber
(5,043 posts)2. Iraq was worse than Vietnam
Because we has already done Vietnam when Iraq rolled around. We didn't learn from history.
We wasted far more American lives in Vietnam. And more Vietnamese.
onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)4. Why wasn't Clinton asked how she can think she's qualified
To be CIC after she voted for Iraq. She should be DQ'd
jack_krass
(1,009 posts)5. Worst decision in American history?
It very well might be, but we can't know until the endgame plays out.
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)6. It has already played out.
500,000+ Iraqis. 4,000+ Americans.
jack_krass
(1,009 posts)7. Let the dust settle
There may not even *be* an Iraq when it does.