2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How can thoughtful people even *consider* Hillary for President? [View all]unblock
(52,205 posts)i never actually got the impression that hillary was a "war hawk" in particular; rather i think both clintons simply weigh politics rather more than policy in many of their positions, particular the highly visible ones.
the conventional wisdom at the time was that voting against the war would doom any presidential aspirations, because at the time the media was really not buying the (transparently obvious) concept that iraq was an entirely wrong and unnecessary and probably counter-productive war. instead they were questioning the patriotism and the willingness to stand up against terrorism of anyone who tried to object.
that means i think her vote was cowardly and calculating, which may be even worse than what you think of her vote.
but i think in the end we'll either have hillary or a republican in the white house come january 2017, and given that choice i'd certainly prefer hillary.
would sanders be better? would warren? of course. i can dream, too! but i just don't see it happening. not even close.