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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
no. Blix couldn't find them for a long time before that. if what Kerry meant he was voting for was that Bush can go to war only if SH stops the inspections, but that he shouldn't go to war as long as the inspections are progressing, J could have taken that position.
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It was only shortly before the war that Blix saw enough of Iraq (and the sites we pointed him to) that he started to think that there were no WMD. Another President not hell-bent on war might have reacted accordingly.
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Ty, you know why he's being asked the question, right? I have no idea how Daschale feels about his vote now- we're talking about J's vote because he wants to be President. So implicit in the question is the need to answer whether his vote equals what he would have done as President. Some twisted explaination so that Club can say, "I guess Ty's explaination avoids SJ" isn't going to win too many votes."
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I agree that he needs to address the topic, but he shouldn't be parsing these votes. Oy.
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the silliest part is the allegation that he didn't know Bush would use it to go to war.
A guy that gulliable wants to be my president?
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At the same time, you couldn't very well cut the President's legs out from under him by denying him the authority. Congress was in a box, put there by the President and a GOP legislature that -- except for those retiring and now free to speak their minds -- is unwilling to betray their party by exercising independent judgment. Blaming Kerry for this is like blaming a passenger for a car accident, and using that pretext to let the driver keep driving.
