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Hillary voted for war?
Here's what Bush said in 2002:
Q Mr. President, how important is it that that resolution give you an authorization of the use of force?
BUSH: That will be part of the resolution, the
authorization to use force. If you want to keep the peace,
you've got to have the authorization to use force.
But it's -- this will be -- this is a chance for Congress
to indicate support. It's a chance for Congress
to say, we support the administration's ability to keep
the peace. That's what this is all about.
Okay, once again:
BUSH: It's a chance for Congress to say, we support
the administration's ability to keep the peace.
That's what this is all about.
Remember? Bush said he wanted the authorization
to use force so that he'd have a strong bargaining
chip at the United Nations--and that the U.N.
would get new inspectors in, and that, maybe,
this would lead to Saddam disarming without a
war.
That's why 77 senators voted for the resolution. As John Kerry said at the time,
"Let me be clear, the vote I will give to the
President is for one reason and one reason only:
To disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction,
if we cannot accomplish that objective
through new, tough weapons inspections in
joint concert with our allies."
And we did get new, tough weapons inspections
in joint concert with our allies.
And then Bush blew it by invading anyway.
It wasn't just possible to support the resolution
without supporting Bush's war
--avoiding war was the specific reason Bush
gave to support the resolution.
There's nothing incoherent about Kerry's position.
Bush blew it. The resolution had the effect
(getting inspectors back in) that Kerry had intended.
He was right. W was wrong.
Oh, and when Obama
says "Hillary
voted for the war"--it's a lie.
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