Back in 2003 Michael Bloomberg was a Republican who supported the US invasion of Iraq, and following the invasion of Iraq, in 2004 Bloomberg supported George W. Bush’s reelection.
By MICHAEL FINNEGAN
With U.S. and allied forces bracing for renewed military conflict in the Persian Gulf, Democratic presidential candidate Michael R. Bloomberg said Monday that he had no regrets over supporting the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
“I don’t live in a regret world, and I didn’t make the decision,” the former New York mayor told The Times in an interview in downtown Los Angeles.
Baghdad under Bush’s ‘Shock and Awe’ bombing attacks in 2003
“America wanted to go to war, but it turns out it was based on faulty intelligence, and it was a mistake,” Bloomberg said after celebrating the opening of his campaign office near Pershing Square.
“But I think the people that made the mistake did it honestly, and it’s a shame, because it’s left us entangled, and it’s left the Middle East in chaos through today.”
Claiming that Dick Cheney, Scooter Libby, Paul Wolfowitz, and Richard Perle acted “honestly” and in good faith ignores the historical record.
When the Iraq war started, Bloomberg was a Republican. He supported Bush for reelection in 2004.
Michael Bloomberg’s history should raise serious questions about his judgement on Foreign Policy. For full disclosure I am a Sanders supporter.