On the recordSeptember 22, 2003
The people haven't been told that. They were told that we were going in there because of weapons of mass destruction.
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Robert C. Byrd
The people haven't been told that. They were told that we were going in there because of weapons of mass destruction.
Senator Byrd critiques the justification given to the public for the Iraq invasion.
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I hope that wherever you can share your views, you will, because it's pretty easy in history to see this.
Why should Congress not have some limitations on this? It is the taxpayers' money.
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Doesn't this send a signal to the Iraqi people and to the American people that the United States intends to have a large permanent presence there?