Foreign Policies

[joshcryer]

22. Failure to vote for the Byrd, Levin, or Durbin amendments was the true test.

I actually give Clinton the benefit of the doubt for two reasons, 1) she was a woman and was wanting to run for President so she wanted to be hawkish and 2) Bush was going to invade Iraq anyway, they were going on old UN resolutions and considered us "still at war."

Why Clinton, of all the Democrats who voted for that resolution, gets so much scrutiny, more so than Kerry, more so than Edwards, more so than Biden, you know, the guy second in line to the Presidency right now, that's just political rhetoric.

The vote was cowardly, yes. But more than that, she couldn't even bother to put her name on one of the other limiting amendments that would've limited Bush's power to wage war. That was the true test of resolve. At least Kerry voted for the Durbin amendment (which said to go back to the UN), which makes his admitting his mistake more credible. But Clinton couldn't vouch for any of them.