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Tomservo touched on an important point.
Regardless of what was said by Clinton or any other Democrat, they never took us to war over this. This is a whole different ballgame. The President bears an extraordinary responsibility when deciding to send our young men and women overseas to fight and die. Before the war, I and many other Americans trusted him when he said Iraq harbored WMD and was a threat to our nation. It turns out he was wrong and he needs to take responsibility, instead of shifting the blame to the intelligence. If the intelligence was so bad, why wasn't a thorough investigation made BEFORE we chose to send our troops over there. And turning it around on the Democrats and saying they were wrong also seems incredibly irresponsible on his part. Nevertheless, I do think the Democrats deserve a large part of the blame for this debacle for failing to be a true opposition party and stand up and ask the tough questions. Instead, they mostly seemed to be concerned about the polls and looking patriotic post-9/11. In the end though, the ultimate responsibility falls on the President and if Bush wants to be a true leader, he needs to accept that resonsibility for his mistakes as well as his triumphs.
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