Courage to Vote “Nay” on Iraq War Resolution

By Ralph E. Stone

October 11, 2010

Today is the the eight-year anniversary of the October 11, 2002 Senate vote on the Iraq war resolution, which passed 77 to 33. The House had earlier passed the resolution. We should remember that Senator Barbara Boxer had the courage and common sense to vote “nay” on the resolution. Senator Boxer’s vote was prescient because it was ultimately established that the Bush administration had intentionally built a case for war with Iraq without regard to factual evidence. No weapons of mass destruction were ever found in Iraq and Saddam Hussein had no links to al Qaeda. Remember when Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, speaking about the invasion of Iraq, said, “I have indicated it was not in conformity with the UN Charter. From our point of view, from the charter point of view, it was illegal.” Senator Boxer’s vote on the Iraq war resolution is just one of the many reasons I voted for her re-election.

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Ralph E. Stone

I was born in Massachusetts; graduated from Middlebury College and Suffolk Law School; served as an officer in the Vietnam war; retired from the Federal Trade Commission (consumer and antitrust law); travel extensively with my wife Judi; and since retirement involved in domestic violence prevention and consumer issues.

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