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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKasich Was for the Iraq War Before He Was Against It
Gov. John Kasich told CNN he never would have taken the United States to war in Iraq.
Said Kasich: I would never have committed ourselves to Iraq.
But in November 2002, Kasich, then a former congressman, made a very different argument: We should go to war with Iraq. Its not likely that (Saddam) Hussein will give up his weapons. If he did he would be disgraced in the Arab world.
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Kasich Was for the Iraq War Before He Was Against It (Original Post)
DonViejo
Aug 2015
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TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)1. Oops.
Botany
(70,513 posts)2. Kasich was a founding member of ALEC and sold the State of OH $480 million worth of ...
... bad paper to the state employees retirement fund when he was with Lehman Brothers.
riversedge
(70,239 posts)3. whow-Kasich founding member of Alec. thanks for info
Botany
(70,513 posts)5. John's dad was a union mail carrier for the USPS too.
n/t
CincyDem
(6,363 posts)4. Katich is scum
At the core, this guy is as evil as any/every other Republican choice. The scary thing about him is his ability to hide it in a way that the average bear on the street thinks "he's an ok guy - I could have a beer with him". Yeah - that got us Shrub.
I'm hoping that as his numbers rise, more and more of these incongruities begin to surface. My sense is that he's been, for the most part, very careful in managing his public statements for a long time to maximize his flexibility in a presidential run. He has always played the long game.