Five years ago today, Congress voted to authorize the war in Iraq, a war that should never have been waged. Barack opposed the war from the start, and in today’s Union Leader he writes about the judgment and leadership he showed five years ago—and that he continues to show on foreign policy questions today.
"I felt strongly that a war in Iraq would lead to an open-ended and destructive occupation of Iraq, and weaken us in the fight against al-Qaida in Afghanistan. And I felt a responsibility to say so. "Now, the Senate has once again voted for an amendment that goes out of its way to draw connections between distinct threats, and that replaces judicious policy-making with unnecessary saber-rattling. And once again, we hear that it is not really a vote for more war, it is a vote for more diplomacy."
In New Hampshire this morning, Obama supporters are holding visibility events around the state to mark the fifth anniversary of the war vote and remind voters that Barack offers the judgment, vision, and leadership we need to turn the page in Iraq.
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