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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

It was actually liberals who got us into Iraq--neocons who defected from the democratic party over its isolationism since Vietnam. For example, the Kristols, Chris Hitchins, Lieberman. These types had Cheney's ear and were the policy makeers. Notice Ed Koch supported Bush in the last election. Strange bedfellows. Many of them are strongly driven by pro-Israel sentiment. Going to war, especially overseas, takes a kind of idealism, even evangelism, and it's usually bad for business. Hence it's historically been a liberal thing. When I was a kid the republicans used to say that since Lincoln no war ever started while they were in the White House.

I remember those days and I'm much younger than you.