Reply #146: Implicit in a vote to authorize the use of force is the very... [View All]

real possibility that force will be used - carelessly, excessively, as intended as the stick behind the carrot.

Given what she knew then I agree with her vote.
Given the "right" circumstances I agree with attacking Iran in a small way or a big way, whatever is necessary.
There are times for war and times to kill, to think otherwise is nice(and dangerous), but operating in a world other than this one.

Someone who votes to authorize war as during the First Gulf War would have been second guessed if we had been misled into that war or if it had gone badly.

The blame for our current situation goes entirely to GW Bush and his crew of warmongers. They wanted it. They planned for it even before 911. They took the first chance they had to take their eye off the ball in Afganistan and move against Iraq.

Someone who votes present 180 times is avoiding responsibility, Hillary did not avoid hers.