I opposed the Persian Gulf War, as did most of the Democrats in the Senate. Notably, among the few Democrats that supported the war, we had one Vice-President and Presidential nominee (Gore), one Vice-Presidential nominee (Lieberman), and our current Senate Majority Leader (Reid). Reid and Lieberman were two of only three non-southern Democrats to support the war.

Table 1 Vote on the Persian Gulf War Resolution in the Senate, 1991

Party
Northern Democrat- No: 37 Yes: 3

Southern Democrat- No: 8 Yes: 7

Republican- No: 2 Yes: 42

Total- No: 47 Yes: 52

Dems who voted yes:

Breaux (D-LA)
Bryan (D-NV)
Gore (D-TN)
Graham (D-FL)
Heflin (D-AL)
Johnston (D-LA)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Pressler (R-SD)
Reid (D-NV)
Robb (D-VA)

Misc. (have since changed party identification).
Jeffords (R-VT)
Shelby (D-AL)

Republicans that voted no:

Grassley (R-IA)
Hatfield (R-OR)

Not Voting
Cranston (D-CA)

If we had discouraged Saddam from attacking Kuwait we would never have had seen the rise of groups like al-Qaeda. On the other hand, Saddam would probably be safely in power today and armed with a nuclear bomb. You tell me which is worse.

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