Obama On Iraq War Vote, 2006

[agdlp]

So it’s not clear to me what differences we’ve had since I’ve been in the Senate. I think what people might point to is our different assessments of the war in Iraq, although I’m always careful to say that I was not in the Senate, so perhaps the reason I thought it was such a bad idea was that I didn’t have the benefit of U.S. intelligence. And, for those who did, it might have led to a different set of choices. So that might be something that sort of is obvious. But, again, we were in different circumstances at that time: I was running for the U.S. Senate, she had to take a vote, and casting votes is always a difficult test."
-The New Yorker, 10/30/06-


"Not only was the idea of an invasion increasingly popular, but on the merits I didn't consider the case against war to be cut-and- dried."
-"Audacity of Hope," 2006, p. 294-

[IndieLeft]

1. So he's human...

The fact is though, that when it mattered, he was on the correct side. You can't fault him for telling the truth now. And you can't put in one snippet from a book to make him look bad.

[agdlp]

2. His Campaign is based on his anti-Iraq war speech

:-)

[FrenchieCat]

3. Not really good to include a passage in a book, not always accessible....cause no link, but

but I have the book on my lap. Where's that quote, exactly (I have the hardcover)?

[FrenchieCat]

4. Here's what I'm finding....

"What I sensed, though, was that the threat Saddam posed was not imminent, the Administration's rationale for war were flimsy and ideologically driven, and the war in Afghanistan was far from complete."
"Audacity of Hope," p.294-

[johnnydrama]

5. but what

but what intelligence would he have seen if he was in the senate that would have changed his mind?

It was all bogus.

[ErnestoG]

6. Still tryin', huh? This is a like a record with a stuck needle.