Hillary's Iraq war vote was a vote for war

[jfern]

Sometimes Hillary partisans try to claim it was just a vote to make diplomacy work. But she voted against the Levin amendment that would have actually tried a diplomatic solution rather than handing a blank check to the Bush administration.

The amendment was designed to rein in the president, who many believed was embarked on an inexorable march to war. The measure required two steps. First, the United Nations would have to pass a resolution explicitly authorizing the use of force against Iraq if it did not permit thorough inspections of its weapons programs. Second, the amendment required the president to return to Congress if his United Nations efforts failed and to secure passage of what Mr. Levin called a “going-it-alone unilateral resolution.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/02/us/politics/02check.html

[NanceGreggs]

1. Is it recycling day again already?

Are you posting this for the benefit of the people here who missed it the first six hundred times it was posted?

[msongs]

2. the OP reminds us of all the military appropriations bills bernie has approved since 9/11 esp ones

that will get F-35s stationed in...Vermont

[jfern]

3. Those weren't a vote for war