Reply #41: But that isnt what happened, you are spinning. [View All]

[K-W]

He didnt vote to give authority to the neocons. And he didnt say he would do it again knowing what he knows now, not in the sense you say it.

The IWR said that president Bush could use force only if he exhausted all other options in disarming Saddam, had proof saddam had weapons, or had proof saddam was behind 9/11. It wasnt a blank check. Bush didnt follow the IWR. Bush pretended the IWR was a blank check. That is not Kerry's fault.

What Kerry is saying now is that he stands by his vote, and would do it if he had it to do again because he still feels the IWR was a good idea. He felt that had the president followed it, it would have been good policy.

It is stupid to ask him to try and make that decisions as if he could predict the future. And he refused to get caught in that trap. No intelligent person would speculate wildly like that.