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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
You see, though, I did not read those quotes and see them as making Kerry's current position hypocritical.
As he now sets it forth (or at least, as he did during the last NH debate) -- he criticizes the President more or less for rushing to war as a foregone conclusion -- not using force as a "last resort" -- and not handling the situation properly with regard to securing UN support for the conflict.
He defends his vote for the resolution in late 2002 authorizing the use of force against Iraq by saying that, regardless of the precise wording of the resolution, he voted to give the President authority to use force as a last resort -- which he says was the undertsanding and promise given by the WH to various Congresspeople during the negotiations over passage.
He now says that the WH violated that understanding.
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Why didn't he say, on the eve of war, "Wait, you didn't meet the conditions precedant?"
The, "boy did I get taken on language" argument is a gutsy move. Some people may take it as being unqualified to have a senate vote, let alone a veto.
