Reply #50: This infers that the war would not have started if the IWR was defeated [View All]

[karynnj]

From the DSM, it is clear that Britain and the US had already decided to go to war and would manufactor a "cause" if needed. The US already had troops amassed in the Persian Gulf.

I wish NONE of the Democrats had voted for the IWR, but I think you need to look at what each of them individually did and said in the entire 2002 - 2003 time period. Obama did sound an alarm that a war against Iraq would be disasterous. Edwards clearly believed in the war and was a supporter at least through the first year of the war.

In my opinion, the two most important things to know in picking the 2008 nominee are - 1. what would he/she do now to get out and stabalize the region? and 2. What are the circumstances under which he/she would take the country into war in the future. At this point, I do not have a clear idea on either of these points from any of the three front runners.