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Obama’s disingenuous remarks about Iraq

John Hinderaker at Power Line notices some revisionist history about Iraq, specifically the Persian Gulf War in 1991.  Here’s B.O.’s remarks to the Nobel crowd last week regarding Desert Storm:

Likewise, the world recognized the need to confront Saddam Hussein when he invaded Kuwait – a consensus that sent a clear message to all about the cost of aggression.

“Consensus”, huh?  Not exactly.

…The vote in the Senate on the authorization of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait, which took place on January 12, 1991, was 52-47. The Democrats controlled the Senate at the time; they voted 45-10 against the “consensus” on “the need to confront Saddam Hussein when he invaded Kuwait.” John Kerry, Joe Biden and 43 other Democrats voted to let Saddam Hussein keep Kuwait and expand his control over Middle Eastern oil from there, while continuing to develop nuclear weapons–which, we later learned, he would have had by 1992 or 1993, at the latest.

Observes John:

Can anyone doubt that if Barack Obama had been in the Senate in 1991, he would have joined 45 of his Democratic colleagues in voting for Saddam Hussein’s control over the Middle East? Of course not.

I disagree.  I think he would have voted “present”!

December 14, 2009 - Posted by crushliberalism | hypocrisy, Iraq, Obama