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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
As opposed to, say, the democrats who originally supported the Iraq war, but saw no political advantage to supporting the President, and began to oppose the war; not on principal , but simply a political decision. '
Remember, the dems demanded the chance to go on the record in their support of the war lest the President get all the glory.
Principled; yeah.
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Oversimplification, IMO. The president and crew had saturated the discussion with the danger of Iraq for months. There was no place for Congress to go. A bit weak, I'll admit, but the bully pulpit does afford a massive edge in propo.
Once Bush got the opening, it became clear that any further inspections were a temporary ruse until he/they got their cherished wish, the chance to kick Saddam's booty once and for all and institute their vision of how they just knew the world was going to turn out . . . . .
Golly, what went wrong . . .
