Ravenwood - 03/18/03 12:29 PM
"Look, we have exhausted virtually our diplomatic effort to get the Iraqis to comply with their own agreements and with international law. Given that, what other option is there but to force them to do so? ... The answer is, we don't have another option. We have got to force them to comply, and we are doing so militarily." -- Tom Daschle, in 1998 under Clinton.
"I'm saddened, saddened that this president failed so miserably at diplomacy that we're now forced to war. ... [Bush is] rushing to war without an adequate concern for the ramifications of doing so unilaterally, or with a very small coalition." -- Tom Daschle, in 2003 under Bush.
Clinton decided to go it alone when he launched attacks against Iraq, while Bush has the support of 34 nations, but according to Daschle, Bush is the one acting unilaterally.
This is nothing new. Its Daschle's way to get the pacifist vote. This man has been a proven liar time and time again. We should be used to it by now. :)
Posted by: John Mays at March 18, 2003 3:41 PMRecall that when President Clinton and NATO waged war against the Milosevic dictatorship to protect the Kosovars from genocide, ultra-right Republicans led by Tom DeLay denounced and undermined him nearly every day. His stupid pronouncements embarrassed the Congress and the nation, but no conservative told DeLay to prove his loyalty by shutting up.
On Tuesday, Delay criticized Daschle. Having served in the Air Force, Daschle doesn't need to prove his love of flag and country to the likes of DeLay. The only uniform in DeLay's closet is his pest exterminator outfit. (He once explained that he had been unable to fight in Vietnam because too many minorities had joined up and taken all the available Army bunks.)
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