GOP Congressmen Admit Most Republicans Think Iraq War Was a Mistake

In a panel at the Cato Institute on conservatism and war, U.S. Reps. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) and John Duncan (R-Tenn.) revealed that the vast majority of GOP members of Congress now think it was wrong for the U.S. to invade Iraq in 2003.

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[UnderseaCaveman]

RON PAUL VOTED AGAINST....Amen!!

[ohgodmynutbladder]

Wow, how can they sit there and say this?

"Yep, theres no neo-cons in the Republican party, all of us are against the war in Iraq/costly nation building."

Ron Paul went to the 2008 Primary debates on a platform strictly AGAINST nation building, costly wars in general, and more specificly the war in Iraq, and the mainstream republicans laughed him off as a nut. They asked him why he wasn't running as a democrat.

This is nothing but them trying to save face, and its absurd.

[mobydoug]

Rohrabacher and McClintock are spineless scum. They enthusiastically BACKED the invasion when it was politically expedient to do so......flag waving, etc. Now that the rivers of blood are spilled and the trillions spent and the coffers of the crony-capitalists are filled, they "take back" what they did. It's obscene. Let them offer their mealymouthed Monday morning quarterbacking to the mothers of the dead and hideously wounded.

[bevanamie]

cute .. like your clip .. keep it up =)

[ERlady]

I get the feeling Iraq was a mistake, not because it was the wrong thing to do, rather instead of striking it rich in oil, it drained our economy.

[blackyblackblack505]

Republicans.. Yup.

[snertster]

xavaquez,

Thanks for the info. I was not aware of that. It's good to see that all of the Republicans didn't go for the Bush/Cheney line.

[xaviqaz]

@snertster Duncan always opposed war against Iraq

[Textynn]

Now that the War Industrial Complex has raided the American coffers and got their spoils for private industry these jokers are going to sit around and act like they're sorry. They've been playing this game so long it's as tired and unbelievable as the old lying war mongers themselves. You can bet nobody they loved died in this war and you can bet their big fat bank accounts are bigger and fatter because of this war. LIARS PREDATORS SOCIOPATHS. Same shit different day.

[Textynn]

They always say it's a mistake after all the Military Industrial Complex has thoroughly robbed the country and the dead bodies are piled up. This lie is older than Methuselah and when are we going to stop pretending that Americans are anything but captive servants to the Elite that profit from these wars, start them, and send everybody, but their own, to get the goods for them. Are they sorry. They're are not. Any fool that believes that is dumber than a box of rocks.

[Positiveamerica]

Don't think it is a mistake, know it is and proceed to make things right. We are now going to spend more money and lives on a fruitless war when we should be investing in our economy. They still have bombings in Baghdad. It is not a matter of proving we're right. It is a matter of getting the US back on track and we can't do that as long as we are bogged down in the trenches. How beat up do people have to get before they get active and start protesting?

[Freethought42]

Proof that politicians will say ANYTHING when it comes to an election year.