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17. The wording of the Iraq War Resolution was this

The resolution authorized President Bush to use the Armed Forces of the United States "as he determines to be necessary and appropriate" in order to "defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq." ( cited from Wikipedia)

The problem was not Hillary or Kerry or anyone else who was not doctoring intelligence presented to Congress. The problem was that what Bush (i.e. Cheney) determined to be necessary and appropriate was neither necessary or appropriate. There WAS no continuing threat, despite Cheneybush presenting "intelligence" to the contrary. No one expected a rerun of "remember the Maine!" but that's pretty much what we got.

Just to be clear, what Congress voted on was authorizing action IN CASE it was warranted. It was never warranted, but THAT is not what Congress voted on.

So the claim that Kerry and Hillary are warmongers per se is bogus. Few ever thought the White House would falsify intelligence in order to start an invasion that was neither necessary nor appropriate (I did, for the record, and I got rightly bashed for it at the time). Bernie voted against the resolution, and kudos to him for doing so, but to say that those who voted to authorize were pro-war, or pro-invasion per se is re-interpreting the language of what was actually voted on.