"It is true that many Democratic supporters of the invasion, including Biden, eventually came around to the view that it was a mistake, but for years the party leadership and most of their contenders for the presidential nomination supported the war and disagreed with Bush only over how he was conducting it. They judged that was the politically “smart” position to take, only to scramble and change course when things started to get even worse in 2005 and 2006."
I don't recall any of these born-again converts to peace actually doing anything about the wars once they got power. For that matter, Team D regularly lambasted Trump for not being aggressive enough for their taste (of course, to be fair, if Trump had advocated breathing oxygen, Team D would engage in auto-asphyxiation just to spite the man,)
For that matter, Obama did more to neuter the anti-war movement than anything Dick Chney ever could have done, even if he were made Maximum Leader For Life. Because once Obama inherited the stupid wars (and started a bunch of new stupid wars), criticizing Team D's new love affair with The National Security States was seen as criticism of St. Barack, and that was wrongthink.
It’s become such a “go to” policy at this point that it really needs its own acronym. Iraq 2003, Afghanistan 2001, Lebanon 1982 (the US basically got the idea from the Israelis, if only we could give it back for good)
"It is true that many Democratic supporters of the invasion, including Biden, eventually came around to the view that it was a mistake, but for years the party leadership and most of their contenders for the presidential nomination supported the war and disagreed with Bush only over how he was conducting it. They judged that was the politically “smart” position to take, only to scramble and change course when things started to get even worse in 2005 and 2006."
I don't recall any of these born-again converts to peace actually doing anything about the wars once they got power. For that matter, Team D regularly lambasted Trump for not being aggressive enough for their taste (of course, to be fair, if Trump had advocated breathing oxygen, Team D would engage in auto-asphyxiation just to spite the man,)
For that matter, Obama did more to neuter the anti-war movement than anything Dick Chney ever could have done, even if he were made Maximum Leader For Life. Because once Obama inherited the stupid wars (and started a bunch of new stupid wars), criticizing Team D's new love affair with The National Security States was seen as criticism of St. Barack, and that was wrongthink.
Regime Change War Without Exit Strategy. RCWWES?
It’s become such a “go to” policy at this point that it really needs its own acronym. Iraq 2003, Afghanistan 2001, Lebanon 1982 (the US basically got the idea from the Israelis, if only we could give it back for good)