• madcaesar@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    The only question I ask is, who started both illegal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan??

    Republicans! W Bush. Everything else is bullshittery designed to deflect blame from Republicans and the mess they caused.

    I’ve said it before, Republicans are assholes that take a shit in your living room then complain about how you are cleaning it up and how you’re not fast enough.

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      4 months ago

      And Republicans will have the balls to tell you they were against it from the start which pisses me off more. I mean who invented freedom fries?!

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        4 months ago

        I distinctly remember my parents being in the deep minority of our area and our extended family in their protest of especially Iraq and prolonged duration in Afghanistan. It’s actually a big part of what flipped my family to Democrats and never looked back.

        Fox News was beating the drums of war, Bush was saying, “You’re either with us or you’re with the terrorists,” and I would see signs in the South while on vacation saying, “Nuke the bastards”

        Republicans dragged Democrats along and yes many Democrats begrudgingly went along because the hysteria was so great that if you went against the war we would only have had 1 party now.

        Democrats were the first to oppose, and as said, Democrats were the ones to end it.