Reply #61: No such provisions [View All]

[krkaufman]

There were *NO* provisions in the IWR mandating against unilateral, preemptive invasion. In fact, invasion was left up to Bush with few/nil preconditions: invade if you think there's a threat that diplomacy won't resolve, and if you feel there's a link to terrorism.

All the conditions Kerry boasts of from his pre-vote speech...?? NONE of them are in the IWR... yet he voted for it anyway.

As for the "threat of force"... agreed, that did indeed help get inspectors back in. But that could have been done without actually authorizing force. This is exactly what Clark testified to... a resolution threatening force, but not authorizing war; require the Pres to come back again for authorization, to insure that preconditions have been met.

Poodles Kerry and Edwards (along with Gephardt, Lieberman,...) all rolled over.