In fact, Biden votedfor the "joint resolution to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq" (W's Iraq war) on October 11, 2002.
Barack Obama:
"I have enormous sympathy for the foreign policy of George H.W. Bush. I don't have a lot of complaints about their handling of Desert Storm [the 1991 Iraq war]. I don't have a lot of complaints with their handling of the fall of the Berlin Wall."
Most people say that GHWB's handling of Desert Storm was excellent. Working off memory, it was like 6 months, $20B, and every major benchmark accomplished, right? (Actual numbers might be somewhat different, but it was an astronomical success compared to Iraqi Freedom.)
It's easy to forget that GHWB is not unpopular, even today. Had the economy not declined, and Dan Quayle not been such a moron, and Ross Perot not run, he might have won in '92. If Desert Storm had happened six months closer to the election, I think Bush wins then, too, because he lived off high-high popularity numbers for over a year after Desert Storm concluded.
(I know exit polls say that Perot's voters would've split between WJC and GHWB, but my instinct has always been that Perot hurt Bush a lot more than he did Clinton, based on news reports prior to the election.)
Oy.
September 2, 2008 9:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
In fact, Biden votedfor the "joint resolution to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq" (W's Iraq war) on October 11, 2002.
September 2, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Barack Obama:
May, 2008.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/democrats/1968748/US-elections-Barack-Obama-praises-George-Bush-Snr%27s-foreign-policy-record.html
September 2, 2008 10:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Most people say that GHWB's handling of Desert Storm was excellent. Working off memory, it was like 6 months, $20B, and every major benchmark accomplished, right? (Actual numbers might be somewhat different, but it was an astronomical success compared to Iraqi Freedom.)
It's easy to forget that GHWB is not unpopular, even today. Had the economy not declined, and Dan Quayle not been such a moron, and Ross Perot not run, he might have won in '92. If Desert Storm had happened six months closer to the election, I think Bush wins then, too, because he lived off high-high popularity numbers for over a year after Desert Storm concluded.
(I know exit polls say that Perot's voters would've split between WJC and GHWB, but my instinct has always been that Perot hurt Bush a lot more than he did Clinton, based on news reports prior to the election.)
September 2, 2008 10:40 PM | Reply | Permalink