The Nation: The Clintons' Iraq Fairy Tale

[marmar]

THE CLINTONS' IRAQ FAIRY TALE...It's fascinating to see Hillary Clinton attack Barack Obama for things that she herself voted for, like funding for the war in Iraq.

Following her Meet the Press appearance on Sunday, in which she sharply questioned Obama's antiwar credentials, Clinton's National Security Director Lee Feinstein said that "Since 2004, Senator Obama explicitly called for keeping troops in Iraq and opposed a timeline for withdrawal, only changing his position when he became a candidate for the White House." Actually that's what Clinton did, waiting until February 17, 2007--after Obama--to release her own exit strategy. In the years after her vote for the Senate's Iraq resolution, Clinton clung to her support of the war. On a February 23, 2005, Meet the Press appearance, with Senator John McCain, she criticized the idea of a timetable for withdrawal, saying: "We don't want to send a signal to the insurgents, to the terrorists that we are going to be out of here at some, you know, date certain. I think that would be like a green light to go ahead and just bide your time." Her conclusions were hardly different than Senator McCain's.

That's why Clinton's latest attack against Obama should be seen as part of a consistent attempt by the Clintons to rewrite their history on Iraq, from Bill claiming that he had always opposed the war to Richard Holbrooke alleging that Clinton had voted "to empower the President to avoid war."

Since the war debate began, Clinton and her advisers have lagged behind prominent members of the party in opposing the war and then calling for a strategy to get out. As an example, take the pivotal moment after Congressman Jack Murtha issued his dramatic break with the war. .....(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters?bid=45&pid=270194

[IndianaGreen]

1. Hillary joined the GOP in attacking Murtha when he said the war was lost

And she did the same against Kerry.

[Cant trust em]

2. Thank you for that post

[Harmonicaman]

3. As a non american

and as the rest of the world has had to put up with the Bush business cabal running this world to the brink of disaster over their extended and extensive profit margins on the backs of dead brown people, and the illegal betrayals of americans constitutional rights, we are wondering what the hell is going on with the democrat wannabe candidates and the whole Us electoral race for next prez.

Sometimes it looks like none of those people actually want to win the thing and are doing their best to queer the pitch for the forthcoming election.

Has Bush screwed everything soooo bad no democrat wants to touch it with a barge pole, and they're doing their best to get the republicans re-elected so that the whole shit storm can fall on those who caused it.

meanwhile the republicans are doing their best to nominate a total buffoon to get out of the way when the whole shitstorm comes down so they can blame the democrats for the lot.

is that about it ?

or have I missed a meeting ?

[Skidmore]

4. Yes, they are a piece of work.

[HamdenRice]

5. Her argument was surreal double talk

When I watched her on MTP, it was clear that she had decided to just completely obfuscate the issue with double talk and bullshit, because she didn't have a factual leg to stand on.

We've had 7 years of a president completely bullshitting us, insulting our intelligence with lies. Do we need more?

Another reason that I will never vote for Hillary.