Reply #27: I refuse to judge them too harshly

[loyalsister]

I think they each made the decision themselves. There's no doubt that some were considering the political ramifications.
There were some things that appeared obvious from behind my monitor in the safety of my home, however since I have never been in the position where I was responsible for the well being of the citizens of a country, I think I'll sit out on the sanctimony here.
I didn't like that they voted in favor of the action. But, I'm not the only person in the world. MANY people around me were still kind of ruffled over 9\11, and wanted to go into Iraq because they believed there was a threat. I have a lot of friends who opposed it, but truly in Missouri, I doubt that opposition was widespread at the time.
If a senator does what the majority of her mail tells her to do, and we agree with her, she's doing her job not pandering. What if it was half and half, and she her priority was to make people feel safe and she believed voting in favor of the war would make them feel safe.
There are thousands of possibilities for what went into these senators reasoning. Why do people here pretend that the only possibilities are the most unattractive.