Can anyone tell were hillary acually stands on the Iraq situation???

Question

Hillary Rodham Clinton voted Wednesday to advance legislation cutting off money for the Iraq war, then refused to pledge to support the measure if it came to a vote, then said she would.


At lunchtime, the New York senator and presidential candidate was asked repeatedly by reporters whether she favored the troop withdrawal legislation that had just come up for a procedural vote on the Senate floor.

Her answer: "I'm not going to speculate on what I'm going to be voting on in the future. I voted in favor of cloture to have a debate."

By supper time, she had a different answer.

"I support the underlying bill," she said. "That's what this vote on cloture was all about."

Blueridge: You can Bash Bush all you want from now on ... We are about to elect a new president and I am very concerned with the candidates on both sides..

Answer 1

Good afternoon. It's Monday and Washington is gone for the holidays. Two weeks since last Thursday said the Congress.
SO no way to actually answer here. I can dot point some stuff?
Bill already did it:
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/iraq1.html
and we had superior knowledge so we voted for it
http://freedomagenda.com/iraq/wmd_quotes
pls people who question read above ...
That was Senator, psuedo First Lady.

Candidate Clinton has stated.
-WE must end the war and bring our troops home!
-Bush entered us into a ???? War
-maybe ? we need to take time to remove our personal
and equipment adding we must protect our interest in the
Embassy & the Kurds
- It shall take perhaps until 2013 until a resolution can come
from Iraq
-We need to end the War.
-Bush has lead us into.... blabla bla
Some sound like the many proud Americans.
Led down this deceptive path. Yet as they eat turkey and toast ?Shall they remember you , he & she who fight for those rights?

Alas, Congress left last week with no solutions, no funding.
Just pork filled proposals with details to National Security
War room secrets included in the ridiculous packages
presented. Catch up on current events pls. AS if your life
depended on it! It just may !! Thanks.

Answer 2

I can tell you exactly where she stands on the Iraq War. She's been saying exactly the same thing for quite a long time now, it's hard to understand how anyone has missed it.

She intends to put real pressure, instead of the toothless demands Bush keeps putting forth, on the Iraqi government to come up with a solution to their political problem, withdraw the majority of the troops, and leave residual troops to protect our interests, which includes making sure Al Queda and Iran do not lay claim to Iraq, continuing to engage Al Queda, and continue to assist the Iraqis in training their military. She has said this so often I can recite it in my sleep. Do people just ignore this because they don't want to hear it and it's just easier to parrot the conservative pundits who keep saying she hasn't addressed it when she has?

This bill that is holding funds hostage for troop withdrawal is not a simple thing. It is something the Democrats have been avoiding trying to do for a very long time because they are afraid that public opinion will be that they're punishing the troops for Bush's mistakes.

That different answer you offer doesn't seem contradictory at all. She said she wasn't going to speculate on what she'll be voting on in the future. The interpretation really isn't that difficult. The bill isn't finalized, and likely will include changes so how can she say specifically exactly what she'll be voting on until it's finalized? She supports the concept of the underlying bill of course, but feels debate is necessary to perfect it. How hard is that to understand?

EDIT: Tribeca hit that one right on the nose.

EDIT:
Ed:
You attribute her stand as something she holds for nothing but political posturing. Sorry, but I couldn't disagree more. She is intelligent enough to realize that we cannot just waltz all of our troops out of Iraq and brave enough to say so, though so many in the Democratic Party don't like it. If she was really pandering for the vote she'd be flatly saying, as Obama, that she's simply going to bring all the troops home. Your bias shows very clear when you state she hates the military. She does not hate the military. She has been instrumental in passing legislation that supports our troops and their transition back to civilian life, and worked to increase their benefits and their pay. She has served on the Armed Forces Committee for over six years and the military brass have been praising her work, commitment, and increased military knowledge for quite some time now. When you say she hates the military there is simply no basis in fact to support that statement.

Answer 3

Elway actually got some of this one right. Not much, but some of it.

Hillary is one of 6 leading Democrats to have politicized the war for position in the poles. Her REAL stand is that Bush made this mess and she doesn't want to inherit the war.

The reason it's so difficult to decipher her response to any question regarding Iraq is because she's painted herself into a corner. She knows the entire Democrat party is heavily invested in our defeat. She also knows that the overwhelming majority of Americans don't want to hand Iraq over to insurgents. She knows that diplomacy wouldn't ever have worked and won't work now.

Now that it looks like she has a real shot at the White House, she can't continue to carelessly criticize because of all the crow she'll have to eat if she becomes President.

The only option she has left is to bob & weave until she's elected and then come up with some Presidential sounding solution to the issue which is where we are now.

Even though she despises the military and all it stands for, she can't be honest about it and expect to be Commander in Chief!

Answer 4

Senator Dodd, for instance, voted against the bill on the grounds that it should have been more strongly worded. Hillary’s hesitation may rest on the fact that she doesn’t see things as simplistically as you apparently do.

Answer 5

She has a political strain of the "Zelig" virus. She panders to whatever plurality is represented in any given audience.

Answer 6

Ya know what really grinds my gears? It's Hillary. The only people talking about her, are the media, and the sheep watching. If she wasn't connected to Bill Clinton, she would be a laughing stock - oh wait, that's already true. Much like Giuliani and 9/11, and some verb.

Answer 7

I can't tell where she stands on this, or any other issue. It's as if she's asked a question in english and then answers in swahili or something.

She almost makes Kerry look stable, and his wife personable.

Answer 8

check out this web site...completely unbiased and nonpartisan. it gives you info on all of the candidates so that you can make an informed choice.

www.ontheissues.org

Answer 9

She was going to win it before she decided to lose it.

Who knows with these people even the words is is up to Philosophically up for debate nothing she or her husband says is real it's just to get votes.

Answer 10

Says what ever fits the situation>Or time to get votes & support>