Hillary and her vote for the war question??

Question

Hillary continues to states 'If she knew then what she knows now she wouldn't have voted for the war"

Her husband was President for 8 years. He had all the information on Iraq, Iran and the entire Middle East. Bush was in office 2 years before the war started.. How can Hillary NOT know the situation in the Middle East in 2002? How can she NOT know who had weapons and who didn't? You mean to say those entire 8 years didn't give her ANY insight into Iraq? Are you trying to tell me that the reasons WHY she's running for President, namely 'Former First Lady' and 'Insight into International problems' are not a oxymoron to her NEW statement of 'If she would have know then what she knows now'?

If anyone should have a bye on this is Bush (and I am not a Bush fan) since he was bringing himself up to speed on the middle east situation, however Hillary cannot say she was innocent or naive.

Is Hillary overstepping her First Lady Status? Is she lying to the American People, AGAIN?

Answer 1

Yes she is lying again. She learned from her husband, when you want to win an election, tell the people what the polls tell you they want to hear. The truth doesn't matter.

Answer 2

You know, and I know that the Clintons are not necessarily the most trustworthy people. I think she is really great at BS.. that is her strength and her weakness. She can fool a lot of people because of her charisma.. but she can't fool all the people all the time. Nobody can.

By the way, I used to support the democrats, but now I am more focused on the individual candidates.. because that is what really counts - the individual candidate who is running for president - not the party.

I will be voting for Ron Paul, because he speaks the truth and votes by his principles. He will do what is best for the people, not just what is popular.

http://www.ronpaul.org/
http://www.todaysamericandream.com/ronpaul_2008.html
http://www.house.gov/paul/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul
http://www.myspace.com/ronpaul2008
http://www.myspace.com/congressmanronpaul
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2007/120107ronpaul.htm
http://electronpaul.blogspot.com/index.html

Answer 3

Her being First Lady shouldn't give her any inside track to classified information. I have no idea how much Bill Clinton talked to Hillary Clinton about foreign affairs and its hard to be guilty of divulging classified information if you're the person who has authority to decide what should be classified. For normal people, divulging classified information to their spouses would give them a good chance of doing prison time.

Still, there was enough information available to all Senators to have serious doubts about the story Bush was putting out. The decision to vote came down to two key factors for many Senators:

1) Many Senators and Representatives don't have security clearances. While there was information out there that could lead one to doubt Bush's story, their decision still came down to "Would the President lie about something as serious as war?"

2) The vote for authorizing military force was strategically timed to come right before an election during a time that 9/11 was still very fresh in people's minds. Being soft on national defense would guarantee defeat in the election a month later for many congressmen (Clinton, being in the second year of her Senate term, didn't fall in this category).

Regardless, Clinton's speech in the Senate explaining her vote was ridiculous. To hear how she explained her vote, you would have sworn she either read a different version of the act or was hallucinating. "My vote is not, however, a vote for any new doctrine of pre-emption or unilateralism ....."; "So it is with conviction that I support this resolution as being in the best interests of our nation. A vote for it is not a vote to rush to war ....."

An interesting read is Winslow Wheeler's "Week of Shame" that talks about the debate that went into the vote for authorizing military force: http://www.gulfinvestigations.net/IMG/pdf/cdi-weekofshame.pdf?PHPSESSID=976038a05ea0f94307a21e857db31b59)

Answer 4

At the time, everyone believed there were WM D's in Iraq & that they were going to be used against us. So right after 9/11, most everyone, including Mrs. Clinton & yours truly, supported the war. When the truth was found out however, many people changed position, including Senator Clinton. Bush & his war-mongering followers were the only ones who stubbornly refused to change direction. That's why we are in the mess we're in now.
"There is no better way to support those who are fighting in Iraq than to guarantee that no more of them die in the service of political miscalculation"
Source(s):
Anna Quindlen, Newsweek 2/19/07

Answer 5

John Hunt is real in his answer, and also you at the prompt are not fooling everyone. you're an Obama Liberalist basically attempting to spread pretend rumors about McCain. Obama replaced into voted the #a million maximum liberal Senator in Washington. And he will take all of your guns away, and raise taxes so severe your voice will replace up an octave - back. what style of id is Iraq first and united states 2d? EDIT: From the NRA information superhighway website: In a fact on the AHSA information superhighway website titled "Obama: He `receives it,`" Schoenke presented the endorsement, retaining that Senator Obama`s vote casting list has obviously verified his dedication to the 2d change! "Are you kidding?" Chris W. Cox, NRA-ILA authorities director, requested incredulously. "Obama`s hostility in the route of the 2d change is so nicely undemanding and nicely documented that in the 2004 elections, NRA`s Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) issued Obama a not straightforward-earned `F` grade. Obama is anti-gun. era. And no volume of sugar coating or spin by ability of AHSA will replace that actuality."

Answer 6

Bush manipulated the senate with false intelligence so that he could have our troops invade Iraq to avenge the mistake his father made in 91. Bush should get a bye on his presidency. 911 happened on Bush's watch, not Bill's

Answer 7

What war in the Middle East two years before Bush started? There was no war. Clinton was aware of the potential threat of a terrorist attack using planes right before his term was about to end. THAT is why he had documents drawn up to explain to Bush the threat and suggestions on how to handle it. Because Clinton was a Democrat, God forbid Bush take heed to what Clinton instructed. Clinton could do nothing because he term was ending.

As for Hillary, she is stating if she knew what she knows now has to do with her voting for the Iraq attack. Meaning, Congress was lied to with manipulated intelligence. They voted for it because they were lied to and they trusted Bush's word. Now they know better.

But, that's not what you want to hear, is it?

Answer 8

Too bad that the record shows the Clinton Administration told the Bush gang about Bin Laden being our nations biggest threat, and his plans to USE AN AIRPLANE TO ATTACK !!

The Duh-Cider was on vacation most of the month of August 2001 (gloating over his theft on the Presidency no doubt)

His first year in office he set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history.

Answer 9

She is playing the Liberals because it is easy.

Answer 10

Yes she is lying yet again.