Iraq Scorecard true 0% 39 Checks mostly true 0% 31 Checks half true 0% 34 Checks mostly false 0% 23 Checks false 0% 34 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 7 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Iraq Joe Biden stated on December 16, 2022 a speech Says he has been to “Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas” twice as president. December 20, 2022 Rand Paul stated on August 25, 2020 a speech at the RNC Says Joe Biden “voted for the Iraq War … He supported war in Serbia, Syria, Libya.” By Miriam Valverde • August 26, 2020 Viral image stated on January 4, 2020 a Facebook post A man at "the storming of the U.S. embassy" in Iraq visited the White House in 2011. January 8, 2020 Joe Biden stated on September 3, 2019 an NPR interview Referring to the Iraq War, "immediately, the moment it started, I came out against the war at that moment." By Miriam Valverde • September 5, 2019 Seth Moulton stated on June 7, 2019 a tweet Says Joe Biden hasn’t admitted he was wrong on the Iraq War, as he did with the Hyde Amendment. By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2019 Justice Democrats stated on April 25, 2019 a tweet Says Joe Biden "voted for the Iraq War, for mass incarceration, and for the Bankruptcy Reform Act while voting against gay marriage, reproductive rights, and school desegregation." By Jon Greenberg • April 26, 2019 Donald Trump stated on April 28, 2018 a speech in Washington, Mich. "We have spent $7 trillion, trillion with a T, $7 trillion in the Middle East." By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2018 Jill Stein stated on October 17, 2016 a Green Party rally at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin "We’re already bombing seven countries." By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2016 Mike Pence stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate Says "Iraq has been overrun by ISIS because Hillary Clinton failed to renegotiate . . . a status of forces agreement." By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2016 Donald Trump stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate "I did not support the war in Iraq … The record shows that I’m right." By Lauren Carroll • September 27, 2016 Paul Wolfowitz stated on September 11, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" "The Germans, the French, countries that opposed us in the (Iraq) war, all believed (Saddam Hussein) had weapons of mass destruction." By Allison Graves, Jon Greenberg • September 13, 2016 Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2016 the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum "I was totally against the war in Iraq." By Jon Greenberg, Lauren Carroll • September 8, 2016 Katrina Pierson stated on August 2, 2016 an interview on CNN. "It was under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that changed the rules of engagement that probably cost (Capt. Humayun Khan’s) life." By Linda Qiu • August 3, 2016 Joe Biden stated on July 27, 2016 an appearance on MSNBC Says Donald Trump "is going to go out and carpet bomb" the Middle East. By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 2, 2016 Donald Trump stated on June 22, 2016 a speech "I was among the earliest to criticize the rush to war (in Iraq), and yes, even before the war ever started." By Aaron Sharockman • June 22, 2016 Todd Wilcox stated on May 20, 2016 a newspaper interview "I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work." By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016 Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 a major foreign policy speech "I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East." By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2016 Hillary Clinton stated on March 22, 2016 a speech at Stanford University. When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture." By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016 Bill Maher stated on February 10, 2016 an essay in The Hollywood Reporter "Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people." By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 22, 2016 Our Principles PAC stated on February 14, 2016 a web ad Says Donald "Trump supported impeachment of President (George W.) Bush." By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2016 Load More Latest Articles No articles to show. Latest promises about Iraq Barack Obama Provide at least $2 billion for services to Iraqi refugees US spent $2.5 billion on displaced Iraqis over Obama’s two terms | December 20, 2016 Barack Obama Begin removing combat brigades from Iraq Conflict continues in Iraq | December 14, 2016 Barack Obama Launch robust diplomatic effort with Iraq and its neighbors Diplomacy continues in region with some compromise | November 7, 2011 Barack Obama Form international group to help Iraq refugees Iraq refugee aid more unilateral than international | January 17, 2011 Barack Obama End the abuse of supplemental budgets for war Money in budgets, but supplementals aren’t going away | September 16, 2010 Barack Obama Improve relations with Turkey, and its relations with Iraqi Kurds Diplomatic effort delivered | December 15, 2009 Barack Obama No permanent bases in Iraq Defense Authorization Act puts it in writing | December 8, 2009 Barack Obama Direct military leaders to end war in Iraq Obama orders ‘responsible’ withdrawal from Iraq | January 22, 2009 Latest promises about Iraq
