YouTube Debate: Why Haven't Dems Ended Iraq War Yet?

[LibertyMike1]

Thank you Dennis Kucinich for being the only person on stage to answer the actual question. Also, notice they didn't give Mike Gravel a chance to answer the question. They sure didn't want two dissenting members bringing up the issue on national TV! Cheers to both Gravel and Kucinich for being some of the only honest people running for president in 2008 along with Ron Paul.

[nothingtolose3234]

Fuck the timeline BRING THEM HOME NOW!! Obama said all combat operations have ended, if that was the case then 7 Americans would not have been killed last month! We need to just get the fuck out of the middle east now!

[tuxfred]

Anderson Cooper is a fucking cocksucker. Wow. "We'll see your campaign commercial?"  Really, FUCK YOU Cooper. Big Media certainly doesn't like the Public to know about the Truth.

[nascarandamdrag]

fuck war!maccain said he'll make us stay in iraq!i know where we should be right now teaching a lesson,the people in iran,their the cocksuckers launching missles like there M-80's!let's face it,the jobs done there and we need to teach those people in iran a lesson!and were just also wasting our time in afganaistan just to find al-quedia,let's face that too,we'll never find him too!

vote for obama!

[Stillwaters51]

We don't go into Sudan because there is no oil there to get

[DeAnte85]

Why do Americans think that Darfur is "our" responsibility? What about the other rich nations of the world with their armed forces who are in a much better position to help the Sudanese we are, why isn't the burden of responsibility on them?

[dothedamnthang2]

We have the military power, and we are currently fighting a war that is unfounded.

The Sudan would be a more ethical and meaningful use of military power.

[AndJusticeForMe]

It is always America's responsibility to sort out other morons' garbage. Not that I am in favor of it.

[420honeycomb]

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[D1NonlyM3]

Hillary is so lame! Every questions asked, she never answers. All she's doing up there is look pretty and keep telling the Americans that "it's time for a change" by getting Democrats into the House. Quit criticizing the Rep. and answer the damn question!

[scj16]

Why do my fellow democrats clap like robots when Hillary speaks? She said absolutely nothing and had no substance.

[trakkaton]

Hellary: "There are a lot of questions we are asking the Bush administration, but we're not getting answers."

Well, Hellary is different. You ask her one simple question and get all the answers to the questions that were not asked.

[cdejean22]

Kucinich is great. If Obama wins, he should make Colin Powell or Kucinich his vice president. Before making such decision, he should think about his safety first. But Kucinich is great!!

[trakkaton]

Colon Poowell!

Hahaha!

The infamous retard that lied naive USans into war while the whole world was shaking their heads in disbelief!

Presenting a suppositorium as proof for a WMD programme at the UN! Everyone there had to fight not to laugh out loud!

[DanielMurphy007]

If Bush Jr., with an IQ of 80... 85 tops, can fool you into thinking that we need to invade Iraq, you can't be president.

[alwaysending]

lol

[harveyxcosmonaut]

the democrats have such good media on their side. not a single damn on of em wants to withdraw troops, wats really written in their timetables are "redeployments" which in actual terms means going to the next plan. their has never been a politician in recent history who has said how they are going to solve a problem, just that they are.

[quiIl]

That's true, but he could have done something years ago. Not only did he (Edwards) vote for the resolution to go to war, he COSPONSORED it. Maybe now he's wrestling with his conscious a little, having the deaths of 150,000 people on his hands. Shouldn't have been so quick to make such a decision, eh? But when he calls this George Bush's war, that is a lie. It's John Edwards' war as well.

[avistrange]

Edwards voted for the war based on falsified intelligence. Bush and his cohorts tricked all of us. If Edwards knew the truth he would have voted against it!

[jonsjustchillin]

kucinich has understood from the beginning that peace and compassion are the only ways to resolve social issues. science has proven it, spirituality has proven it, so why is it so hard for people to accept?

[trakkaton]

Hey, whom are you trying to bullshit?

How comes I knew with 100% accuracy in 02 that there are no WMDs in Iraq?

How comes Rice and Poowell said the same back then?

How comes that 15000000 people knew it, taking the streets?

How comes the whole world knew it, including warmongering countries like France and Germoney who always like to join a war?

But some Washington Insiders who read classified intel know nothing?

[frellthat]

That's bullshit. John Edwards wasn't tricked. Even at my rinkydink community college in 2003, our Third World Sociology professors were all telling us that there were no WMDs, just as the UN inspectors and everyone else was saying. Edwards knew it was a lie from the very start. He and Hillary both made a political decision not to oppose a popular "warrior" president on the eve of an election year. Getting reelected was worth more to them than their consciences.

[CodeRedProductions07]

Please don't use the term @Third World@. The people of Africa and poorer countries live in the same world as us, by saying that you are claiming that they are apart, not human enough to be in OUR world.

[trakkaton]

You have a typo there. It's 1,500,000 people dead.

[quiIl]

The only reason Hillary and Edwards and Obama have not stopped the war by legislation (like Gravel et al in Vietnam) is because they want to make sure it's still an election issue in '08. They are scum.

[trakkaton]

I don't think that's accurate. Hellary is the No.1 candidate of the MIC (she got the most money fro them), so she will continue every war possible. Additionally, even if the US would start a flight out of Iraq right now they would need two years if they don't want to leave all of their equippment there. So it will be an issue in 08 anyway.

[hartelc]

yep, she really irks me. She voted for the war and voted to fund it consistently. Dennis Kucinich knew the war was based on lies and would result in a disaster. That soldier's mother is right. The Democrats got a very clear mandate to end this war and every democrat here has failed to try and do that except kucinich and gravel.

[rwbazillion]

Instead of asking for a deadline, the Democrats should ask for a main goal. Leaders are responsible for motivating their subordinates and the best way to do that is give clear goals and objectives. Of course Hilary thinks there is no solutions because she feels that the American forces cannot win against a guerilla force and insurgents. I do find it funny that John F Kennedy thought we could win. (search on youtube for: Inside Special Forces pt.1)

[Wizard364]

Kucinich and Gravel are the only ones even worth listening to on that stage but an even more substantial candidate to get us out of this mess is RON PAUL. Check him out.

[hypnofan35]

Seems like Dennis Kucinich is a candidate who actually believes in democracy. Hillary seems to think that the voters need to be misinformed, and is a blabber queen.  If a candidate goes forward acting like false flag is a legitimate reason to invade or maintain a "high security" imperialist economy, then it seem like they are anti democratic.

[electrorocket]

Oh yeah, and Kucinich's wife is HOT!!!

[halfkneegrow]

indeed

[konfusium]

my god...did they make youtubers put on church clothes to participate in this?...the image game is very much part of the problem...a tie is a dog leash...image is used to deceive...just gimme some truth...minus the bullshit...

[wren97]

The white hohuse and the republicans are playing mind games. If you say you wanna end the war and bring the troops home they say your not supporting them. How many more soldiers have to die? Is their life not worth anything do you support their death is that what it is? Cut off funding ASAP FUCK BUSH

[bucjason]

The Dems have no intention of pulling out of Iraq. LOL at the idiots who actually think they are any different than the GOP. They are just as responsible for the war as Bush, 98% of them voted in FAVOR of the use of force in Iraq before the war...that is a fact, a fact they hope the less educated in America continue to forget.

[InspirationStation1]

Hey, there's Gravel! Glad he could be a part of the fancy stage decorations :)

[Patjersey3000]

This is sick!!! Running away will not work!

[burningice17]

We shouldn't have run in that direction in the first place. It was not our place. And for everyone's information the hijackers on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia, not that we should have bombed all of Saudi Arabia either. Were we wrong to leave Vietnam?

[electrorocket]

It's the same people telling us there would be chaos that told us it would be a cakewalk in the first place. Like it's not chaos now? Our first duty is to America, not the war profiteers. And that's what it's all about.

[GeneralZod2008]

General Zod has a plan to end the Iraq war. Step 1 is to engage our the insurents and neighboring countries and arrive at a peaceful solution. Step 2 is use the ruse of coming up with this peaceful solution to gather them in once place, whereupon they will be sent to the Phantom Zone. Go to zod2008 dot com and learn more about how General Zod is the most suitable ruler for Planet Houston.

[cbrock7]

Nice question!  And yes, the Republicans are to blame for stonewalling withdrawel.

[electrorocket]

Congress has the power to not just stop funding the war, they have the power to bring them home. It's called the war powers act of 1973. Look it up. And don't blame the Republicans. Most of the Democrats voted for the invasion in the first place (not Kucinich though), and of course not the best Republican of them all, Ron Paul! Those who voted to get us in Iraq, and now and now want us out are damned hypocrites. Kucinich and Ron Paul voted against the Patriot act too. The rest are traitors.

[milanoflix]

I think you got the first part right, but I see the vote you mentioned as supporting the president to put pressure on Saddam, not encouragement for war. We were all let down with the lack of diplomatic effort by Bush & co. So, hypocrit is too strong for me.

[electrorocket]

No, the vote I mentioned was the illegal transfer of power from the congress to the president to engage in a war. The constitution says that only congress shall declare war. It doesn't say they can transfer that power to the president. Only a constitutional amendment can legally do that. Congress alone, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled(Talbot v. Seeman, 1801), had the "whole powers of war," whether that meant authorizing "general hostilities" or "partial war."

[burningice17]

Cutting the funding is how the Vietnam War finally ended. It sounds here like Kucinich is the only one with the courage to admit what needs to be done. The others are just dragging their feet while claiming to be against the war.

[breaks0]

Pretty much! He's seething with anger when he's listening to the question being asked too, probably b/c he knows how hypocritical his colleagues/competitors are on this issue. Text Peace 73223 to the white house and your congressional representatives now!

[CityzenJane]

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