Reply #174: That was the whole point. There was a imminent threat.... [View All]

[Old and In the Way]

mushroom clouds in 45 minutes. Barges with weapons off the coast. They had the intel.

Hey, I'm paranoid enough to think they (the junta) had something to do with 9/11. LIHOP, maybe MIHOP. Remember, no investigation at that point (still none, IMHO). I think they are guilty of letting 3,000 Americans die....what else are these people capable of doing to avoid justice and accountability for 9/11? So, if that is true, here's the scenario I would have been confronted with as a Democratic US Senator.

(1a) I vote, along with my colleagues, against the resolution. Shortly thereafter another horriffic attack occurs on US soil. What happens then?

a) Republicans and the mainstream media assign the blame to the Iraqi's.
b) Martial law is declared
c) Republicans and their accomplices in the mainstream media paint Democrats as the party of Iraqi collaborators and america haters.
d) We still go to war with Iraq.

(1b) Bush is telling the truth. My Party vote against prevails and we are attacked. Who are the traitors now? Would you be willing to forgive Kerry if that scenario plays out and you lose your family?

(1c) I vote against,no domestic attack, but WMD are found....so Bush saved us from the attack while those Democrats don't care about our security.

(1d) I vote against and my Party vote prevails. Have we won? Or do the Republicans and the MSM use this as validation that Democrats are obstructionists in the WOT with the midterms looming? Since we haven't invaded and the inspectors are not in Iraq, you can't prove they are not there. The 'Democrats don't support America' is a great issue for Republicans to club Democrats with as they sweep up in the mid-terms. Now Bush pretty well gets to do anything he damn well wants in the world.

(1e) I vote to allow the President to execute his oath of office to protect and defend the People and Constitution. I warn him on the limits of his power and expect him to work with the UN to locate the weapons. War is the last option. I give him the power to hang himself. Bush doesn't abide by the spirit of the resolution and gets his chance to be a war pResident. No WMD found, the costs in blood and treasure grow unbearably, and now we start seeing the truth that the evidence was based on lies, manufactured by this administration. Karl knows that this vote will be guaranteed to split the Democrats...


JohnnyCougar is pissed off because he knows the truth, but a clear/strong majority of Americans understand that Saddam was behind 9/11, so they expect their Congress to protect them from immenent attack. We aren't over 9/11 and want retribution and Bush has a 66% approval rating.

It sucks, but that was the reality every Democrat faced in September of 2002.