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Did Trump support the Iraq War?

Posted on 09/08/2016 11:21:40 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

Did Trump support the Iraq war before he was totally against it?

What is the Truth.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: bush; iraq; trump
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I see libs going (more) crazy saying that Trump told Stern he supported Bush on the war.

What is ground truth? As a conservative I was to know the facts.

1 posted on 09/08/2016 11:21:40 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

We don’t care.


2 posted on 09/08/2016 11:24:03 AM PDT by stockpirate (BEST F'ING ELECTION EVER)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
As a conservative I was to know the facts.

Sorry to inform you, but as a conservative you're no longer to know the facts. You were to know them, but no longer.

3 posted on 09/08/2016 11:25:15 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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What’s the difference, he was a private citizen at the time and not privvy to the information the politicians had (like Senator Hillary Clinton) and the politicians voted for the war.


4 posted on 09/08/2016 11:27:06 AM PDT by PMAS (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing)
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To: stockpirate
My recollection is that Donald Trump was a civilian and not in the chain of command at the time.

He probably was not received classified briefings.

His access to information was most likely a newsfeed from a major media outlet.

Let's see who were the prominent talking heads at the time in question.

5 posted on 09/08/2016 11:27:44 AM PDT by ptsal
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

WTF cares?


6 posted on 09/08/2016 11:27:51 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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Since Trump was not in any federal government position and had no responsibility nor decision making on commitment of manpower or money, why does it matter ?


7 posted on 09/08/2016 11:28:13 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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Hey it’s a Hillary correct the record paid shill. Bugger off.


8 posted on 09/08/2016 11:30:04 AM PDT by RedWulf (Trump:Front Lines. Obama: Back Nine. Hillary:Nap Time.)
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As a private citizen, there were probably times he supported it, and other times he didn’t. Just like me....


9 posted on 09/08/2016 11:31:26 AM PDT by norcal joe
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The fact is that Trump in 2002 BEFORE the invasion of Iraq was on the Howard Stern show.

Stern asked him if he supported invading Iraq.

Trump replied: “I guess so.” Then he said that if they’d done the first Iraq campaign correctly, this wouldn’t be happening.

“I guess so” is the response of someone who hasn’t yet fully made up their mind. Something is bothering them about saying “Yes”, so they say “I guess so.”

Since there is no other record of Trump’s opinions before or during the invasion, all we have is a glimpse of a hesitant Trump PRIOR to the invasion.

Since he WAS in opposition with a year and a half, it is only fair to acknowledge that he finally made up his mind before the invasion was launched and that he came down against it.

He cannot be said to be in support, so at best to say that the only record we have appears to have him still making up his mind.


10 posted on 09/08/2016 11:31:27 AM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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Doesn’t an aye vote on the congressional record have more weight than a throw away line on a shock jock’s show?


11 posted on 09/08/2016 11:31:31 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (Remember the Court)
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What difference would it make anyway? He wasn’t a policy maker and certainly didn’t have much access to highly classified intelligence. In the end he was a grunt like us.


12 posted on 09/08/2016 11:32:13 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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He said all throughout the primaries that he opposed it, and Jeb Bush was pissed as Hell about it. There is an article from the time - the Atlantic? - that he claims reported on his opposition (I have not seen this article as I didn’t care enough). He has said all along that once we were in the war we should have ensured total victory.


13 posted on 09/08/2016 11:33:51 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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He is addressing it now on Fox News.

Clearly, he was against it from the git-go.


14 posted on 09/08/2016 11:34:03 AM PDT by Hulka
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I specifically remember Mr. Trump being asked on the street about the war and he loudly condemned it and President Bush. I remember how angry I was at him and hated his guts for it. He definitely was against the war back then.


15 posted on 09/08/2016 11:34:25 AM PDT by bankwalker (Does a fish know that it's wet?)
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What Trump said to Stern wasn’t much of an endorsement for Iraq war in 2003. Like yeah sure. Uncommitted.


16 posted on 09/08/2016 11:35:06 AM PDT by Red Steel
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He is talking about it right now as I type - with specific dates, quotes & sources that he opposed the war.


17 posted on 09/08/2016 11:35:07 AM PDT by gubamyster
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And wasnt the context of his response something along the lines of, “well, I support the troops”?


18 posted on 09/08/2016 11:36:03 AM PDT by quesney
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1) In 2003, he was a private citizen no where near politics, the information used to make a decision to go to war and did not have a dog in the hunt

2) In 2004 when he was on the Howard Stern show, he had half-hearted support saying, “I guess so”. Again, he was a private citizen, not running for office, not a politician, and not privy to the info/intel the politicos were

3) It’s Howard Stern...what difference at this point, does it make? /s

4)I’m sure you (I know I have) may have changed your mind when faced with circumstances and more information than originally had and in a much more controlled environment without the consequences they faced.


19 posted on 09/08/2016 11:36:03 AM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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Even I supported the Iraq war, and now see the utter folly of starting it. Trump was quicker than all other prominent politicians to recognize stupidity of Iraq war. It is meaningless if he was for Iraq war initially. Almost Every one was for invading Iraq because of the publicity in the Media about Saddam Hussein. Barack Hussein compounded folly of Bush-43’s Iraq war with premature withdrawal.


20 posted on 09/08/2016 11:36:23 AM PDT by entropy12
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