A handful of politicians have publicly repented for their 2002 vote to authorize the Iraq War, but few as forcefully as Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) did last week.
“I did not do what I should have done to read and find out whether Bush was telling us the truth about Saddam being responsible for 9/11 and having weapons of mass destruction,” Jones said during an interview on The Tyler Cralle Show.
“Because I did not do my job then,” Jones continued, “I helped kill 4,000 Americans, and I will go to my grave regretting that.”
Damn! That is perhaps the most honest confession about a politician's role in voting to give Bush the authorization to use military force in Iraq that I have ever heard.
By the way it is actually 4,492 Americans who died fighting in the war that George Bush and his administration lied us into.
Personally I would like each and every politician who voted in favor of the Iraq war to answer whether or not they agree with this statement by Rep. Jones.
And if not, why not?
And I would especially like to hear a response from Jeb Bush.
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