Almost 40 years ago, Vietnam taught Americans what an unpopular war can do to a presidency. A conflict that seemed to have no end ended the political career of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

The following is a letter from a reader responding to the December 1, 2005 WSWS Editorial Board Statement “Bush, Democrats back protracted war in Iraq”, followed by a reply from Bill Van Auken.

DES MOINES — Three likely 2004 Democratic presidential candidates differed over President Bush’s policy in Iraq on Saturday night before an audience of influential grass-roots Democratic ...

Another reason behind the Democratic Party’s devolution into a War Party has to do with the current lack of debate, of competition within the party. During the 80 years following the end of the ...

An Iraq War veteran and former Democratic Party official on Friday criticized the presence of US Marines in the backdrop of President Joe Biden’s speech in Philadelphia, during which he issued ...

Joe Lieberman coasted to an easy re-election victory six years ago, when he was also on the ballot as Al Gore's presidential running mate. Now, his ardent support for the war in Iraq has him in the ...

Another Democrat who supported that same 2002 Iraq War resolution? Joe Biden. During the 2020 campaign, it became a talking point for some of his Democratic primary opponents, and then-President ...