But the “Bush lied to us” whine is much worse when it comes from the mouths of those who insisted only three years ago, in voting for the war, that they were taking a heroic stand in defence of national security. Half the Democratic members of the Senate — oddly enough, including all those with serious presidential aspirations — John Kerry, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden — voted for the war in 2002. The awful truth about many of these people is that their cynicism in distancing themselves from their support for the war is only matched by their cynicism in originally supporting it.
Let me be clear: some Democrats — Joe Lieberman springs to mind — supported the war for the right reasons, and continue to do so. Others — Ted Kennedy, Russell Feingold — opposed it all along. But most of those now recanting made a straight political calculation in voting to authorise force in the first place.
It would have been more honorable (even if I think they're wrong) if these democrats who supported the war now say that invading Iraq was "a big mistake" without resorting to the "Bush Lied" accusations--as if niloko sila ni Bush at tatanga-tanga lang silang sumunod.
Sabi nga ni John McCain eh: "I think it's a lie to say that the president lied to the American people."
Because they saw the same intelligence the president saw and came to the same conclusion: Saddam's guilty of having WMDs. And numerous investigations on whether the administration manipulated the intelligence were conducted, and the results show there was no manipulating or pressure coming from the admin.
The democrats as I see it, have to options: present a better plan for winning in Iraq OR propose a defeatist quick exit strategy.
Right now, the democratic party seems to have been taken over by the Kerry-Murtha wing of "cut-and-run-let's-get-out-of-Iraq-now."
Related: Here's John McCain's AEI speech blasting Kerry for his cut-and-run strategy.
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