Reply #32: I voted for Kerry [View All]

[CTLawGuy]

I tried to hold Bush accountable by not voting for him, but for voting for the guy who was most likely to beat him. Unfortunately it did not work.

The IWR mentions ZILCH about WMD or inspectors. It gave Bush a broad scope of authorized action (combatting "threats"). B-L gave Bush a NARROW scope of action (getting rid of WMD). Thus, under BL, bush would have a hard time saying we went to Iraq to "free the Iraqis, and defend America."

Bush did not like B-L because its scope was too narrow for him. He wanted virtually unlimited power, and he got that in IWR.