‘Joe Saw It Differently’: Sanders Knocks Biden Over His Support of Iraq War

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) continued his attacks on former Vice President Joe Biden’s (D) foreign policy experience during the seventh Democratic debate.

In recent days, Sanders and his campaign apparatus have ramped up his attacks against Biden’s past decision to support the Iraq War. On Tuesday night, Sanders continued the barrage.

The Vermont senator started his attack by labeling the war the “worst foreign policy blunder” in recent memory.

“The War in Iraq turned out to be the worst foreign policy blunder in the modern history of this country. As Joe well knows, we lost 4,500 brave troops, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis died. We have spent trillions of dollars on that endless war, money which should go into healthcare, and education, and infrastructure in this country.”

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He continued to say that he believed members of former President George W. Bush’s administration lied to lawmakers in the lead up to the war and blasted Biden for supporting the war.

“Joe and I listened to what Dick Cheney, and George Bush, and Rumsfeld had to say. I thought they were lying. I didn’t believe them for a moment. I took to the floor. I did everything I could to prevent that war. Joe saw it differently.”

Biden responded by saying he made a mistake at the time, and that in the subsequent year he helped bring about the 2011 withdrawal from Iraq.