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His position on Iraq has been clear for years. He authorized holding Saddam accountable for disarmament and cooperating fully with the UN inspectors in order to get that done. He made a clear statement on how that process ought to proceed. And when Bush didn't follow through with the intent of the Congress in that resolution, Kerry spoke out strongly. He couldn't be more clear.

Dean, on the other hand, supported Biden-Lugar which stated very nearly the same thing as the authorization passed. Bush would have had to go to the UN and get a resolution, which he did anyway. That authorization also allowed war to protect the region from 'grave threats'. This is the exact same case Bush made anyway, and he would have done the exact same thing with Biden-Lugar. Dean did support war to deal with the threat of Saddam and the WMD, which he said existed. He has not been an anti-war candidate, he's been all over the map on it and America will see it clearly, even if Deanie's don't.