Republicans now think Iraq War was a mistake.

[dust1n]

"Two GOP congressmen say most Republicans on the Hill now believe the Iraq war was a mistake, and "more than half the Republican caucus" believes the way in which the US entered the Afghanistan war was also a mistake.

Reps. Tom McClintock (R-CA) and Dana Rohrbacher (R-CA) made the comments at a discussion panel at the Cato Institute on Thursday.


Going into Iraq "was a mistake because I thought we had to finish the job in Afghanistan," Rohrbacher told the panel, echoing a popular Democratic talking point at the time.


"In retrospect, almost all of us think that was a horrible mistake," Rohrbacher said. "Now that we know that it cost a trillion dollars, and all of these years, and all of these lives, and all of this blood … all I can say is everyone I know thinks it was a mistake to go in now.”


Asked by panel moderator Grover Norquist what percentage of Republican congressmen agree with that view, McClintock said, “I think everyone [in Congress] would agree that Iraq was a mistake.”


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The real question is... was it a 'mistake' or a 'crime' (at least equivalent to multiple manslaughter charges), and if the majority of Congress agrees, why are we still there?

 

[Wannabe Yogi]

"Two GOP congressmen say most Republicans on the Hill now believe the Iraq war was a mistake, and "more than half the Republican caucus" believes the way in which the US entered the Afghanistan war was also a mistake.

Reps. Tom McClintock (R-CA) and Dana Rohrbacher (R-CA) made the comments at a discussion panel at the Cato Institute on Thursday.


Going into Iraq "was a mistake because I thought we had to finish the job in Afghanistan," Rohrbacher told the panel, echoing a popular Democratic talking point at the time.


"In retrospect, almost all of us think that was a horrible mistake," Rohrbacher said. "Now that we know that it cost a trillion dollars, and all of these years, and all of these lives, and all of this blood … all I can say is everyone I know thinks it was a mistake to go in now.”


Asked by panel moderator Grover Norquist what percentage of Republican congressmen agree with that view, McClintock said, “I think everyone [in Congress] would agree that Iraq was a mistake.”

I would say better late then never if it was not such a great loss of life.

 

[Sunstone]

It's 2010 and most Republicans now think the Iraq war was a mistake. See? Republicans have brains. Their brains are just set seven years behind events.

 

[Aquitaine]

Wasn't Penis Cheney on the news not too long ago praising the war and how "great it's going"? Honestly, I don't know how people like him sleep at night.

 

[Wannabe Yogi]

Wasn't Penis Cheney on the news not too long ago praising the war and how "great it's going"? Honestly, I don't know how people like him sleep at night.

In ten years the GOP will be saying the Obama health bill was a good thing.

 

[blackout]

Very convenient timing.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

"In retrospect, almost all of us think that was a horrible mistake," Rohrbacher said. "Now that we know that it cost a trillion dollars, and all of these years, and all of these lives, and all of this blood … all I can say is everyone I know thinks it was a mistake to go in now.”

Asked by panel moderator Grover Norquist what percentage of Republican congressmen agree with that view, McClintock said, “I think everyone [in Congress] would agree that Iraq was a mistake.”

These people should kill their entire families and then themselves.