Bush: "If you want to keep the peace you've got to have authorization to

[flpoljunkie]

use force." George W. Bush, September, 2002, before the IWR vote

NEWS ANALYSIS
Flip-flopping charge unsupported by facts
Kerry always pushed global cooperation, war as last resort

Marc Sandalow, Washington Bureau Chief

Thursday, September 23, 2004

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/09/23/MNGQK8TI8O1.DTL

"Congressional action on this resolution is not the end of our national debate on how best to disarm Iraq,'' Kerry said on the eve of the vote. "Nor does it mean we have exhausted all of our peaceful options to achieve this goal.''

<>"He voted for it,'' said Republican national chairman Ed Gillespie when asked Wednesday to back the charge that Kerry supported the war. "Look at the coverage at the time, it was pretty clear what was going on.''

Yet in the fall of 2002, several months before the air strikes on Baghdad began,Bush himself insisted the vote was not the same as a declaration of war but instead gave him the hand he needed to negotiate the peace.

"If you want to keep the peace, you've got to have the authorization to use force,'' Bush said in September 2002. "It's a chance for Congress to say, 'we support the administration's ability to keep the peace.' That's what this is all about.''

(Great article to bookmark for future reference)

[TheFarseer]

1. if you want peace, start wars

makes sense to me :crazy:

[0007]

2. Is that like protecting us from those suspicious perscribtion drugs

from Canada?