Reply #51: So people can forgive Edwards but not Powell?

[Milo_Bloom]

That is the same logic I use against the war enablers, who voted yes on the IWR, but am often told it is faulty.

Excuses like, "it was inevitable anyway", "We weren't voting for the war, but for the inspectors" (which Iraq had agreed to let in a month earlier so that is a lie) and any other number of reasons given to excuse the actions.

John Edwards co-authored the IWR. Spoke out against Howard Dean on many occassions (even after the election, when he reminded the country that Howard Dean doesn't speak for him). However, for some reason people are willing to accept his mea culpa and crocodile tears about this war, but want to hold Colin Powell's feet to the fire. As late as 2004, Edwards was STILL supporting his IWR vote (http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=apXyrHjc4RSs&refer=us). He also uttered these brilliant words, "Saddam Hussein's regime represents a grave threat to America" and of course this gem, "We know that he has chemical and biological weapons. He has already used them against his neighbors and his own people, and is trying to build more. We know that he is doing everything he can to build nuclear weapons, and we know that each day he gets closer to achieving that goal." However, as we all now know, we didn't KNOW anything of the sort and he knew that at the time... that "he used them on his own people" was a crap argument.

So, pick one... you can't have it both ways. Either it is ONLY bush's war and you have to forgive those who had doubts, but "jumped on board" like Edwards, Kerry, Clinton and the other enablers, including Powell

OR

You hold them all to the same standard.

And please, for the love of the gods, don't try to draw some idiotic distinction between Powell's speech to the UN and Edwards' speech on the floor of the senate.. in the end, they BOTH advocated war making completely false claims.