Reply #124: Now for the rest of the story [View All]

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"Clinton won repeated applause through most of her speech, which dealt at length with domestic issues but also sharply criticized President Bush's handling of the war. But the audience turned against her when, in what she called a difficult conversation, she restated her long-standing position about timetables for withdrawing U.S forces.

"I have to just say it," she began. "I do not think it is a smart strategy either for the president to continue with his open-ended commitment, which I think does not put enough pressure on the new Iraqi government, nor do I think it is smart strategy to set a date certain. I do not agree that that is in the best interest of our troops or our country."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/13/AR2006061301449.html


Hillary is opposed to the war. She wants to bring the troops home. She's supported an amendment to begin redeployment immediately. Until recently that was John Kerry's position, too. Hopefully Clinton will change hers as well, especially since the situation is deteriorating. There are some people, Clinton included, who have a problem with us shredding a nation and then leaving it dead on the road to fix itself. Her position has been that we broke it, and it would be wrong to leave it broken, to fall into worse civil war and utter chaos, as happened in Afghanistan after the USSR left (we are still seeing those consequences).

Until recently Kerry agreed with that. That's still Hillary's position, and that of many other Dems, as you can see be the lack of support Kerry's amendment received. Hopefully Clinton will change her views, as Kerry did, especially as the situatio deteriorates and it becomes clear that our troops have no hope of making a difference. But her position is very different than you represent it.

If you continue to fight against her, that's what you are fighting against--an end to the invasion, and withdrawal of the troops. Fight the real enemy, the one who created the invasion, the one who profits from the invasion, the one who is REALLY against bringing the troops home, instead of those arguing about how quickly we should bring the troops home. Until you start fighting the real evil, you are a war supporter, no matter what you claim to be.

Edited to remove two sentences that did not pertain to this discussion.