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  Saturday  April 9  2005    08: 56 PM

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US lawmakers regret voting for Iraq war
Some Republican lawmakers in Congress concerned about hidden cost of Iraq war despite good news.


US Representative Walter Jones, a conservative Republican, does not hide his anger when he says bad information led him to vote for the Iraq war.

"If I had known then what I know today, I wouldn't have voted for that resolution. Absolutely not," he said Thursday in an interview.

His comments reflect concerns of other Republican lawmakers in Congress, and polls show a lingering debate over the reasons for going to war have hurt the administration even as the Iraq operation shows signs of success.

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  thanks to Antiwar.com

Bad information led Representative Jones to vote for the war? Excuse the fuck out of me! Anyone with the ability to think knew what was bad information and good information. Dumb fucks.