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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton on Iraq vote: ‘I still got it wrong. Plain and simple.’ [View all]yurbud
(39,405 posts)Anyone old enough to remember the Cold War should have known that Iraq was no threat to us even if they had "WMD" (the most embarrassing fucking propaganda term invented in a while).
The leader of every country in the world knows that if they nuke us or give nukes to terrorists who nuke us, we will nuke them off the map.
Only Russia might be able to inflict equal damage to what we could dish out in retaliation.
Maybe if someone was a crazed ideologue, they might commit national suicide with zero chance of a positive outcome, but Saddam Hussain was no ideologue.
He was a kleptocratic thug, which is why our government backed his rise to power. Such people tend to like to stay alive and hold onto power rather than commit auto-genocide with their own death absolutely guaranteed.
Every member of Congress knew this, so if they voted for the Iraq War Resolution, they were either cowards who thought a "wrong" vote would make them vulnerable to Republican challenge in the upcoming election, or agreed with the real motives, which have yet to be investigated in Congress.
Hillary could gain some trust and respect from progressives by going out on a limb here and telling the truth.
If she did so, a side effect would be making the GOP look like the reckless sociopaths they are--instead of looking like a reckless sociopath wannabee.