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Trump threatens to prosecute Bidens if he’s re-elected unless he gets immunity
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LOL - "crucial role".
https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/bidens-record-on-iraq-war/
"Biden was a consistent critic of the way the Bush administration handled the war: Its failure to exhaust diplomatic solutions, its failure to enlist a more robust group of allies for the war effort, and the lack of a plan for reconstruction of Iraq. Some of his comments proved to be quite prescient, including his warnings about the likely higher-than-expected cost and length of the war, and the complexity of “winning the peace” once Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s regime was toppled."
“I will vote for this because we should be compelling Iraq to make good on its obligations to the United Nations,” Biden said. “Because while Iraq’s illegal weapons of mass destruction program do not — do not — pose an imminent threat to our national security, in my view, they will, if left unfettered. And because a strong vote in Congress, as I said, increases the prospect for a tough, new U.N. resolution on weapons of mass destruction, it is likely to get weapons inspectors in, which, in turn, decreases the prospects of war, in my view."
You really need to stop blaming Biden for the actions of other people.
Biden voted against the first Iraq War in 1991. He only voted for the 2nd war because Bush conned everybody and said there was weapons of mass destruction.
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1021/vote_102_1_00002.htm
Measure Number: S.J.Res. 2 (Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution )
Biden (D-DE), Nay
Cherry picked information to try and down play his role.
(https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/17/joe-biden-role-iraq-war)
More information can be found in the documentary "worth the price?" (https://youtu.be/rrLFQnlf6lQ)
Joe biden's support of israel isn't anything new, in fact he once said, "were there not israel, the United States would have to invent Israel to protect her interests in the region"
(https://youtu.be/FYLNCcLfIkM)
And, again, not the driving force you make him out to be, that was the Bush administration which he is literally on the record opposing.
If he does have blame, it's in believing the lies of the Bush administration... but back then, that was not uncommon.
https://fair.org/home/20-years-later-nyt-still-cant-face-its-iraq-war-shame/