“In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including Al Qaeda members…

It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons.”
Senator Hillary Clinton (Democrat, New York) Addressing the US Senate, October 10, 2002

Hillary Clinton >
“I voted for the Iraqi resolution. I consider the prospect of a nuclear-armed Saddam Hussein who can threaten not only his neighbors but the stability of the region and the world, a very serious threat to the United States.”
January 22, 2003

“There is a very easy way to prevent anyone from being put into harm’s way, that is for Saddam Hussein to disarm. And I have absolutely no belief that he will. I have to say that this is something I’ve followed for more than a decade. If he were serious about disarming, he would have been much more forthcoming. . . . I ended up voting for the resolution after carefully reviewing the information, intelligence that I had available, talking with people whose opinions I trusted, trying to discount the political or other factors that I didn’t believe should be in any way part of this decision.”
Hillary addresses Code Pink, March 7, 2003.

Barnes relayed: “‘The intelligence from Bush 1 to Clinton to Bush 2 was consistent’ in concluding Saddam had chemical and biological weapons and was trying to develop a nuclear capability, Clinton said this morning. And Saddam’s expulsion of weapons inspectors and ‘the behavior’ of his regime ‘pointed to a continuing effort’ to produce WMD, she added.
“The senator said she did her own ‘due diligence’ by attending classified briefings on Capitol Hill and at the White House and Pentagon and also by consulting national security officials from the Clinton administration whom she trusts. ‘To a person, they all agreed with the consensus of the intelligence’ that Saddam had WMD….
“Clinton’s comments came during an appearance before dozens of reporters at a Wednesday breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor….”
-Sept. 2003

“The consensus was the same, from the Clinton administration to the Bush administration, It was the same intelligence belief that our allies and friends around the world shared.”
…”No, I don’t regret giving the president authority because at the time it was in the context of weapons of mass destruction, grave threats to the United States, and clearly, Saddam Hussein had been a real problem for the international community for more than a decade.”
-Senator Hillary Clinton, April 20, 2004 on Larry King Live

HG; Thanks for the many quotations by Hillary, but especially Code Pink, I have been looking for that one and couldn’t find it!

1. Their is a clear double standard among Democrats when to comes to errors made by their leaders and those made by Republicans.
2. Hillary is very adept at taking several sides to every issue so she can truthfully claim she was on the side of popular opinion, no matter what it is at any given time.

jpe: So no matter how many speeches Madame Hillary gave in support of going to war in Iraq and her vote to authorize military force, by one or two speeches after the fact and more as it gets closer to the election, what she said and did at the time just does not count?

You just don’t get it! She takes every side of every issue and therefore she can always produce speeches in support of whatever position she finds convenient at the time. She has no core values, no hard positions on anything – it is power for the sake of power and privilege that count to her as she is a wholly empty suit!

Hillary is not a person to be trusted. Cleary an opportunist who seems to be ____ bent on grabbing power by hook or crook.

Is anyone else wondering why Senator Clinton’s vote was an honest attempt to make the “best assessment that [she] could make at the time”, and that is acceptable, especially to the MSM, but the President isn’t extended even the slightest courtesy — “Bush lied, people died”?

“In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including Al Qaeda members…

It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons.”
Hillary Clinton

Resolution: (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec02/joint_resolution_10-11-02.html)

“Whereas in Public Law 105-235 (August 14, 1998), Congress concluded that Iraq’s continuing weapons of mass destruction programs threatened vital United States interests and international peace and security, declared Iraq to be in `material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations’ and urged the President `to take appropriate action, in accordance with the Constitution and relevant laws of the United States, to bring Iraq into compliance with its international obligations’”

“Whereas Iraq both poses a continuing threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region and remains in material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations by, among other things, continuing to possess and develop a significant chemical and biological weapons capability, actively seeking a nuclear weapons capability, and supporting and harboring terrorist organizations;”

“Whereas in the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (Public Law 102-1), Congress has authorized the President `to use United States Armed Forces pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 678″

This is pure nonsense by many on the Left today, insisting they only voted for the resolution as a means to pressure Iraq into negotiations, while the resolution only calls upon the President to use military force to make Saddam comply with U.N. Resolution.