Joe Biden On the Issues

Iraq War

• Al-Qaeda & the Taliban have regrouped due to Bush's neglect. (Aug 2008)
• Iraq war is sucking up a $150B a year. (Dec 2007)
• Post-colonial countries like Iraq need federal system. (Nov 2007)
• Third way: federalize Iraq; troops home; no chaos behind. (Nov 2007)
• Troops out by 2013 if no political reconciliation. (Sep 2007)
• Patraeus report is wrong strategy; draw down troops now. (Sep 2007)
• Changed mind on Iraq pullout, not about political solution. (Sep 2007)
• Worth losing election to protect our troops. (Sep 2007)
• Leaving Iraq will cause generation-long regional war. (Aug 2007)
• Bush has lied for 7 years; tell truth on Iraq. (Aug 2007)
• Voted for Iraq War resolution to avoid war in Iraq. (Jul 2007)
• Bush invaded Iraq as the weakest of the Axis of Evil. (Jul 2007)
• End neocon fantasy of remaking Iraq in our image. (Jul 2007)
• We can't just pull out; one year to remove 160,000 troops. (Jul 2007)
• Iraqi leaders unwilling & unable to accommodate with Sunnis. (Jul 2007)
• Never de-fund a single soldier in Iraq. (Jul 2007)
• Rather lose elections than to lose troops' lives. (Jun 2007)
• Start to draw down troops immediately and all out by '08. (Jun 2007)
• Fund the safety of the troops till 67 anti-war votes reached. (Jun 2007)
• Start moving combat troops out of harm's way now. (Apr 2007)
• Not micromanaging war to authorize & define mission. (Apr 2007)
• Target date ok; deadline not ok; changing failed mission ok. (Apr 2007)
• Think about the decade after Iraq, not just the day after. (Apr 2007)
• There will be a residual force left in Iraq. (Apr 2007)
• In 2002 Saddam posed a threat of purchasing a nuclear bomb. (Apr 2007)
• US worse off than before Saddam because US lost credibility. (Apr 2007)
• Partitioning Iraq is inevitable, as shown by history. (Apr 2007)
• Change the fundamental premise of Iraq engagement. (Apr 2007)
• Decentralize Iraqi government; local control over daily life. (Apr 2007)
• Biden-Gelb plan: UN & Muslim powers to enforce Iraq unity. (Apr 2007)
• Stop training thugs as the national Iraqi police force. (Apr 2007)
• Decentralize Iraq to give people control over daily lives. (Feb 2007)
• If Iraq metastasizes into regional war, it'll take decades. (Feb 2007)

Trouble Spots

• Accept NIE conclusion that Iran stopped nukes in 2003. (Dec 2007)
• Muslims don't like us because they do not trust us. (Dec 2007)
• Strong US intervention in trouble spots around the world. (Nov 2007)
• A military action resolution on Iran is a bad policy. (Oct 2007)
• It's already US policy to go into Pakistan to get al Qaeda. (Aug 2007)
• 1995: pushed to lift arms embargo in Bosnia. (Jul 2007)
• 1995: pushed Clinton to bomb Serbia to free Kosovo. (Jul 2007)
• Do away with the policy of regime change for Iran. (Jun 2007)
• Replace pre-emption doctrine with prevention. (Apr 2007)

Voting Record

• Regrets his war vote because Bush misused war authority. (Apr 2007)
• Vote for war allowed war only after all else failed. (Apr 2007)
• Introduced legislation barring US Military bases in Iraq. (Apr 2007)
• Vote for Iraq War was mistake; assumed Bush competence. (Feb 2007)
• Voted for Iraq war in 2002, but now a war critic. (Nov 2006)
• Voted NO on designating Iran's Revolutionary Guards as terrorists. (Sep 2007)
• Voted YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq by March 2008. (Mar 2007)
• Voted NO on redeploying troops out of Iraq by July 2007. (Jun 2006)
• Voted YES on investigating contract awards in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Nov 2005)
• Voted YES on $86 billion for military operations in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Oct 2003)
• Voted YES on authorizing use of military force against Iraq. (Oct 2002)
• Voted NO on allowing all necessary force in Kosovo. (May 1999)
• Voted YES on authorizing air strikes in Kosovo. (Mar 1999)
• Voted YES on ending the Bosnian arms embargo. (Jul 1995)
• Condemns anti-Muslim bigotry in name of anti-terrorism. (Oct 2001)
• No troop surge: no military escalation in Iraq. (Jan 2007)
• Deploy UN multinational peacekeeping force in Darfur. (Jul 2007)
• Move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. (Nov 1995)

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