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The responsibility of the voters depends on if the actions by the person they voted for were foreseeable. Saying voters do not share any responsibility at all for what their candidates do is like saying congress has no responsibility for the abuses of the patriot act or that they have no responsibility for the Iraq war.
As for the current state of the Iraq war yes the people who voted for Bush the 2nd time around share the responsibility for being there. Bush got us into the war, he said he didn't plan on leaving, ect. He also was violating the constitution like crazy before the 2nd election and thus voters are partly responsible for the current violations of the constitution. This does not absolve the elected official of the responsibility but merely adds additional responsibility to those who put him into the position of power.
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