Reply #111: Democrats were afraid to oppose the war and look "weak on terror" [View All]

[suziedemocrat]

I think everyone knew that Saddam was a nasty guy with weapons - but not WMDs (or at least not that many) and not a big threat to the U.S.

But, the conventional wisdom at the time was that Democrats would lose all support if they looked "weak." I think this is more of an issue of underestimating your base than anything else.

I was NEVER for the Iraq war. I always knew the evidence was "cooked." I WAS for the war in Afghanistan at the time, but now I'm wondering if I was duped about that. ???

But - giving Kerry the benefit of the doubt - maybe he thought Bush knew something he wasn't telling us -- like that his daddy's friends had given Saddam all kinds of things when they were real cozy with him back in the day.