Heh. Context please. Clip #1 with Albright is lifted from a speech in which she (and others) state that war would be an unwanted and last resort. Definitely not "the Democrats wanting the war with Iraq". At the time the gov't was pushing hard for unrestricted inspections in Iraq, NOT "wanting war". There's a big difference between considering military operations IF sanctions should fail and wanting war. And it's from
7 years ago along with half of the other quotes? I'm pretty sure intel on Iraq has changed since then. Iraq may well have had WMD at that point. Way to spin a quote GOP. No wonder the president is considered un-trustworthy by almost a majority of the nation (according to a recent poll by the Washinton Post). I don't feel like researching the others but considering the spin on clip #1 I'm sure there's some more. Plus it's ON THE GOP's website. What do you expect them to say?
Don't listen to 60 second clips put out by ANY group, left or right, that may have an agenda. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I "Trust no One". I don't believe anything from anyone. Don't trust me either, I distrust everyone so maybe
I have an agenda... Everyone should do their own homework.
Here's a tip for when ANY party or group feeds you a quote:
www.google.com
Putting "Iraq is a long way from Ohio" into Google gets you a bunch of responses and the 4th one down is a transcript. It'll remind you of how the gov't REALLY felt at that time. War was an unwanted last resort, they were pushing sanctions.
http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/1998/02...22006_tpo.html <--- great website, BTW.
Here's a piece from the Town Hall meeting transcript I found interesting:
"Now, others suggest that such Saddam is the problem, the only effective solution is a ground invasion that would remove him from power. The costs and risks of that course of action, in our judgment, are too high and not essential to achieving our strategic interests as a nation containing the threat Iraq now poses. It would require a major land campaign, and risk large losses of our soldiers. We do not support that option." - National Security Advisor Sandy Berger, Clinton Administration
You can find that in the transcript if you want to make sure it's not out of context.
SO, bottom line is the GOP, to support the claim the Democrats are "dishonest" , is using a quote from 7 years ago from a Clinton administration pushing hard for sanctions and inspections that viewed war as a last resort which would only be taken with support from the UN Security Council and other nations, and even then without a land invasion.
I'm %$^&*% sick of spin from ALL parties and persuasions. F' Democrats and Republicans, bring back our Constitution, think globally (because being isolationist and operating unilaterally is retarded), free your mind from the spin of our governing parties, and I think that's it for this rant. I wish I had a good closing statement like "God Bless America" to show that I love this nation, but I can't use that because religion should stay the hell out of the gov't. That's a whole other topic I'd go into but then you'd really see me fly off the handle. I'm going fishing.
Everyone's lucky I haven't had a few beers or I'd REALLY tell you how I feel about it.
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"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President-or that we are to stand by the President right or wrong-is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is mortally treasonable to the American public."
-Theodore Roosevelt
off with their heads
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