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In reply to the discussion: Just a little history lesson for the "Clintons are War Mongers" crowd. [View all]pnwmom
(108,925 posts)Obama shouldn't have criticized her for her IWR vote. Hillary voted for an IWR that was conditioned upon finding WMD's. We never found them but Bush went to war anyway.
She voted for the conditional IWR knowing that the Republicans were about to come into power in Congress; and that if the conditional IWR didn't pass, then they'd simply vote for a blank check IWR in January.
So it wasn't as if a vote against the IWR would have prevented Bush from going to war. He could simply have called for a another vote in January, when the Republicans had the majority.
With regard to the Patriot Acts 1 and 2, only 1 Senator voted against the 2001 Patriot Act, so it is ludicrous to claim that made Hillary a war mongerer. Only 10 voted against the re-authorization.
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/patriotact20012006senatevote.shtml
And with regard to Kyl-Lieberman, Obama abstained from the vote, he didn't oppose it. And John McCain, who you claim was a strong supporter, also abstained.
https://thinkprogress.org/breaking-lieberman-kyls-iran-amendment-passes-44ab3a7b1182/