[ronald_reagan]

O.K. I read a 2003 speech by Bill Clinton and watched part of the speech in Iowa where he said he never supported the war in Iraq. I think it could be argued that Clinton agreed with the idea of giving Bush "war powers" for surgical strikes into Iraq targeting WMD's and other targets. I think it is much less clear whether he agreed with the complete overthrow/takeover strategy. Obama actually participated in a war protest, which Bill Clinton never did. I still think that if the question is "Did Bill Clinton support the overthrow of Sadaam Hussein and an American occupation of Iraq?" the evidence suggests he did not.

The evidence is???

"I supported the Iraq thing" (after the 'iraq thing happened').

I don't know what you're trying to prove, but you're not a very good job of it. thats all.

You can't say you support something, and then turn around say you didn't.

Would bill clinton have done what Bush did? IMO absolutely not. Would Tom Daschle (author of the bill) have done it? IMO absolutely not. But did they support it? Absolutely so.

Support and action are different. Being in the presidents shoes is a little more than being arm chair quarterback. Those who aren't in the oval office can say that they would have, or wouldn't have... or how they'd done things different. Hindsight is always 20/20...

Its clear to me, and many others... Clinton supported Bush's war. He says so numerous times. (as John Kerry supported TROOPS ON THE GROUND in 1998), and just yesterday is says he never did. Thats a lie. Thats the point of the thread.