Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoIraq War was preceded by the largest worldwide non-violent protests in history and the war happened anyway.lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up11.48Karrow-down125file-text
arrow-up11.46Karrow-down1imageIraq War was preceded by the largest worldwide non-violent protests in history and the war happened anyway.lemmy.blahaj.zoneSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square134fedilinkfile-text
Those non-violent protests shook them so bad they wanted to charge non-violent Quaker protestors with terrorism.
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoIIRC, Biden championed that, right?
minus-squareRailing5132@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 hours agoNo, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Rice, and a bunch of others in the administration championed it. Biden et al supported it. Subtle.
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoHuh, I thought he was critical in making the case. I’m no political historian tho.
minus-squareleadore@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoCongress basically believed what they were told by the warmongers.
IIRC, Biden championed that, right?
No, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Rice, and a bunch of others in the administration championed it. Biden et al supported it. Subtle.
Huh, I thought he was critical in making the case. I’m no political historian tho.
Congress basically believed what they were told by the warmongers.
Barbara Lee did NOT support it