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ladybugg33 (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 09:24 AM Original message |
OK, so why DID Kerry vote against Desert Storm? Who else voted against |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think former Senator Kerry of Nebraska voted against it |
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Gildor Inglorion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia, who was then the Chair |
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carpetbagger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. Kerry supported waiting and allowing sanctions to work. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 09:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Didn't Desert Storm I only cost Americans about 5 billion? (nt) |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 09:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The Kuwaiti OIL family told the US that they'd pay most of the cost |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
6. The Senate vote for Gulf War I was 52 to 47... |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 09:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yes, and we watched them debate it too. Imagine that, actually discussing |
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Windy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. Easy....no imminent threat to the security of the US! |
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KC21304 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
9. Gore held out his yes vote until the very end. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. from what I read, he accused GHWB of a 'rush to war' and later |
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Zorbet55 (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
11. I was not allowed to vote against it, |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
12. Most Dems Voted Against Gulf War 1 |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 10:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. A nation also shouldn't steal another nation's resources by slant drilling |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 10:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. If Kuwait Was Slant Drilling Which Is In Dispute Saddam Hussein |
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venus (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 10:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. And don't forget the horrible pictures of babies being slaughtered |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 10:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. The Fact That Saddam Hussein Invaded A Sovereign Nation Is Not In Dispute |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 11:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. A qualified yes. |
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ladybugg33 (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 11:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. But then we did it too, didn't we? |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 11:25 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. People have forgotten the fact it was much like this war.. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
17. At the time, Bush DIDN'T have a coalition together OR the public support. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 10:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. There's Really No Need To Re Argue The Resolution... |
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mellowinman (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 11:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I supported the Gulf War |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
22. Probably because of the FAKE incumbator story. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
23. Democrats were against Iraq 1, cause Bush Sr was demented and dangerous |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
24. It was a SCAM war. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-09-04 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
25. Cheney LIED about Satellite Photos of Iraqi Troops on Saudi Border |
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