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Gore on Iraq in 1992.

The right wing is celebrating a newly YouTubed video of Al Gore in 1992 arguing that the policies of Presidents Reagan and H.W. Bush had actually strengthened Saddam Hussein. One conservative blogger claims this shows that Gore “flip-flopped” and was a “warmonger.” Steve Benen at The Carpetbagger Report sets them straight.

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