How many Americans died in Kosovo? Look it up. Now compare that to the death toll from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, or how many American servicemen we could expect to die from North Korean counterattacks in any war with North Korea. Are the numbers comparable?
Congress voted to authorize the use of military force against Iraq because they were presented with cherry-picked and manipulated intelligence by the Bush Administration.
Just like with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Congress voted the way that they did because they were LIED to by the Executive Branch. In the case of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, LBJ and his Administration flat-out fabricated a second attack that never even occurred and grossly misrepresented the first attack so as to manipulate Congress into voting the way they wanted them to.
Bush did the same thing with Iraq. Those Senators who voted "yes" did so in good faith that what they were being told about the threat posed by Iraq was genuine and honest and it was not.
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