Reply #117: "play monday morning QB" ??? [View All]

[welshTerrier2]

let's get off this monday morning QB kick ...

those who try to defend Kerry's IWR vote love to use the tactic that we couldn't have "known" anything ... yup ... that's true ...

we couldn't know; Kerry couldn't know ...

what was called for in the absence of specific knowledge (WMD, anthrax, ties to Al Qaeda, aluminum tubes, yellow cake, dirty bombs, drones, etc) was judgment ... you read the list of items i spoke to Kerry's office about ... that did NOT happen on Monday morning; it happened BEFORE THE VOTE ... it wasn't knowledge; it was judgment ... could i have been totally wrong?? of course ...

the question was asked in the OP why wasn't i deceived?? the bottom line was that i didn't trust bush ... i thought he lied about the evidence ... i didn't think Iraq could be stabilized if Saddam was removed ... and i didn't think bush would stop after Iraq ... and i believed with an IWR authorization in hand, nothing would stop bush from going to war ...

Kerry thought his vote would get bush to push diplomacy as a first option ... he apparently believed bush would use this option to avoid war ... and he was dead wrong ... that's not quarterbacking at all; that's just the way it was ...