Reply #114: What we would see are reasoned approaches to foreign policy. [View All]

[mzmolly]

Democrats by and large (Clark/Gore/Dean/Kerry) all warned that we needed to be cautious and think things through. They also argued that Saddam was not the party responsible for 911 and that Osama Bin Laden was top priority. And, they maintained that allowing the inspections process to continue was vital to understanding the threat (if any) that Saddam posed.

In the beginning when Bush said "war as a last resort" ... Democrats thought (ok, I can live with that - we'll have inspections and find out if Saddam is a threat to the US or not) ... as we all know now, Bush was full of shit.

There was no change of position. However, when the Dems were made aware that Bush was lying to forward his personal agenda, the language was understandably more forthright.