http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/08/roberts-coverup/
Roberts supported a war in Iraq in 2003—not because Saddam Hussein was a real direct threat nor because Saddam Hussein was promoting global terrorism—but simply because he liked the idea of the U.S. taking over Iraq.
Roberts, like his mentors (George W. Bush and Dick Cheney), thought taking over Iraq would be cheap. He thought a short war would be good for the economy and Kansans always needs jobs in the army reserve, etc. This kind of thinking should not be in charge or our nation’s finance plans in the Senate or anywhere.
Moreover, Roberts is disingenuous in his pronouncements. For example, on his own website, he claims to support the status quo in gun control and legislation. Yet, in 2005
Roberts cosponsored a bill which promotes reckless sales of weaponry in America in a land already having trouble keeping weapons our of hands of mass-murderers on a monthly basis.
http://badgerherald.com/oped/2007/10/15/child_gun_access_all.php
Most sadly, Roberts continues to support continuing endless wars in Iraq and elsewhere. He has had many chances to stand against war and has never moved to end cloture or to vote for reducing military commitment and spending—leaving more and more Kansas worried about war and becoming another victim of war.
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