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Originally Posted by MuadDib
Anyway, so her ploy (from the Observer? What kind of a socialist are you, anyway =P) was to play the Iraq vote politically safely? Listen, Congress was given faulty information by the administration, execution did not culminate as planned, and virtually the entire party wants to undue the impact of that vote. Yeah, I wish Hillary hadn't voted for Iraq and that Barak would've been in the Senate at the time to vote against it as he said he would have; not that it would have changed anything, but it would make me happier. But that didn't happen and we live in an a world over five years later and what I care about now is not pointing the finger but fixing the damage. I believe both candidates are committed to that goal and will do what is in their power, if elected, to that end.
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The Geneva Convention and U.N. Security Council specifically forbid the military action we have taken in Iraq. It doesn't matter what intel you have; it was and is in violation of international law. That's why Obama gave that speech in 2002 against the war. There was no clear and present danger, no imminent threat, and no evidence of import. Obama made a call based on judgment and backed by the rule of law and the Constitution.
That's why Obama said in the last debate that it was important to be
right on day one, not merely ready.