Biden: It Was a ‘Mistake’ to Trust Bush on Iraq War

Democratic presidential hopefuls former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) participate of the seventh Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season at the Drake University campus in Des Moines, Iowa on Jan. 14, 2020. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Former Vice President said that it was a “mistake” to trust the President George W. Bush administration on whether they were going to war with Iraq.

Biden, 77, was a senator and Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 2002 when he voted in favor of a resolution that authorized Bush to use military force against Iraq. Speaking to lawmakers before the vote, Biden said that “failure to overwhelmingly support” the resolution was “likely to enhance the prospects that war will occur.”