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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I would hope that Bush had better information than those folks, seeing as how he was the Commander in Chief of the armed forces, had Condi Rice to hold his hand, and got daily briefings from George Tenet. Read Justice Thomas's dissent last week in Hamdan, and you will see him explaining that the president deserves deference in matters of national security -- surely this is why.
That said, there were a lot of Democrats who jumped on the war bandwagon and said things they may not have believed or known for fear of the political consequences of standing up to a popular president in a time of war. They have a lot to answer for, too.
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The senior Democrat members of the Intelligence committee in both the house and Senate have the highest level of security clearence. They were all convinced that Saddam had WMDs and they all supported the invasion. Kerry and Mrs. Clinton supported the invasion because they knew it was the right thing. So did every other responsible Democrat. But it is also these senior Democrats job to try and take control of the congress and the presidency away from the Republicans. They are suppposed to try and do everything they can to accomplish that goal, and if they don't they are being delinquent in their duties. So of course, when election time comes around, they critisize everything the President did. That is just standard politics. It is just the ignorant partisan hacks that don't see this and buy the propaganda.
