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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
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All Fact-checks for Iraq

Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 16, 2022 a speech:
Says he has been to “Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas” twice as president.
False
By Tom Kertscher • December 20, 2022
Rand Paul
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.”
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • August 26, 2020
Viral image
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.
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 8, 2020
Joe Biden
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."
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 5, 2019
Seth Moulton
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.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2019
Justice Democrats
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."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 26, 2019
Donald Trump
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."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2018
Jill Stein
Jill Stein
stated on October 17, 2016 a Green Party rally at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin:
"We’re already bombing seven countries."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2016
Mike Pence
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."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2016
Donald Trump
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."
False
By Lauren Carroll • September 27, 2016
Paul Wolfowitz
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."  
Mostly False
By Allison Graves, Jon Greenberg • September 13, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2016 the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum :
"I was totally against the war in Iraq." 
False
By Jon Greenberg, Lauren Carroll • September 8, 2016
Katrina Pierson
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • August 3, 2016
Joe Biden
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.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 2, 2016
Donald Trump
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."  
False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 22, 2016
Todd Wilcox
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."
False
By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016
Donald Trump
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."
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
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."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016
Bill Maher
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."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 22, 2016
Our Principles PAC
Our Principles PAC
stated on February 14, 2016 a web ad:
Says Donald "Trump supported impeachment of President (George W.) Bush."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2016
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Latest promises about Iraq

Barack Obama
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
Barack Obama
Begin removing combat brigades from Iraq
Conflict continues in Iraq | December 14, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Launch robust diplomatic effort with Iraq and its neighbors
Diplomacy continues in region with some compromise | November 7, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Form international group to help Iraq refugees
Iraq refugee aid more unilateral than international | January 17, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
End the abuse of supplemental budgets for war
Money in budgets, but supplementals aren’t going away | September 16, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Improve relations with Turkey, and its relations with Iraqi Kurds
Diplomatic effort delivered | December 15, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
No permanent bases in Iraq
Defense Authorization Act puts it in writing | December 8, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Direct military leaders to end war in Iraq
Obama orders ‘responsible’ withdrawal from Iraq | January 22, 2009
Latest promises about Iraq