Democrats praise Bush after capture of Hussein

[IndianaGreen]

All of the leading Democratic candidates get a well-deserved reamer, including Dean.

Democrats praise Bush after capture of Hussein
By Patrick Martin
16 December 2003

The applause for the capture of Saddam Hussein from the Democratic presidential candidates punctures the pretense that the Democrats are opposed to the Bush administration’s policies in Iraq. All six of the leading Democratic candidates issued statements hailing the “success” of the US military occupation force in seizing the deposed Iraqi president.

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It was to be expected that the four candidates who voted for the congressional resolution authorizing Bush to attack Iraq in October 2002 should take the occasion to reiterate their pro-war stance, after months of posturing as opponents of the administration. Their comments underscore the fact that they share responsibility for the illegal US war against Iraq and only criticized the Bush administration’s tactics, not its fundamental policy.

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Senator John Kerry, whose position on the Iraq war has been the most contorted of the Democrats—he has sought to combine a vote for the war resolution with appeals to popular antiwar sentiment—reverted back to a defense of his pro-war vote. In a clear reference to Dean, he said, “I think that this is a time that underscores that if we’re going to beat George Bush, we need somebody who has the experience, and who got this policy right.”

He added criticism of Bush, largely from the right, for not mobilizing more armed forces for the war, particularly from allied countries. “If we had done this with a sufficient number of troops,” Kerry said, “if we had done this in a globalized way, if we had brought more people to the table, we might have caught Saddam Hussein sooner. We might have had less loss of life. We would be in a stronger position today with respect to what we’re doing.”

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/dec2003/dems-d16.shtml

[JailBush]

1. Oh well. Maybe Ralph Nader will speak out against Bush's illegal war.

That might motivate the Democratic candidates to get their acts together.

[madrchsod]

2. did dean ever

pass any history courses? i`m sorry this guy is about as clueless as bush.

[grytpype]

3. This is a very dumb article.

Of course we can be glad and relieved that Saddam is no longer running around out there, while being opposed to the Iraq policy generally. Conservatives are just too stupid to comprehend that.