Bill Clinton flip-flops on Iraq in Iowa?

[Colobo]

WASHINGTON - Is Bill Clinton having an I-didn't-inhale-moment on Iraq?

The former president -- a political titan with a penchant for straying from his wife's careful campaign script -- raised eyebrows in Muscatine, Iowa, Tuesday by telling supporters he "opposed Iraq from the beginning."

But Clinton's earliest published comments on the war, gleaned from press accounts, portray ambivalence not outright opposition: He was supportive of efforts to strip Saddam Hussein of biological and nuclear weapons while being critical of the Bush administration for rushing United Nations weapons inspectors.

Moreover, Clinton didn't speak out against his wife's October 2002 vote authorizing the invasion, even though mainstream war opponents, led by current Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin, voted against it.

Sen. Clinton hasn't recanted her vote and her husband didn't start referring to the war as a "mistake" until 2005.

"If we have to take military action, I will support the president if I believe he has done everything reasonably possible" to avoid war, he said in October of 2003.

"I supported the president when he asked the Congress for authority to stand up against weapons of mass destruction in Iraq," he said in May 2003, just after the U.S.-led invasion.

More at:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-ushill1128,0,7615111.story

[still_one]

1. I am no fan of Bill Clinton, but I hold suspect anything from newsday /nt

[Tellurian]

2. Already been debunked here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3764368

[durrrty libby]

3. Dupe and already debunked . Enjoy

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3764368



"President Clinton IS telling the Truth..

an excerpt from wLucinda's Link:

2002

"Administration lawyers have concluded President Bush doesn't need congressional approval to launch an attack on Iraq, although White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said the president would consult Congress.

Fleischer did not say whether consultation would include a congressional vote approving military action, as was done before the Gulf War in 1991.

The former president said the U.S. military could easily win an attack on Iraq and displace its leader, Saddam Hussein, but he questioned whether it should be done.

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/08/31/clinton....

The 15 min of fame is over for posting another "smear" on the Democratic Front Runner, Sen. Hillary Clinton.
The ONLY candidate that can beat the Republican attack machine at their own game...

NEXT!

[jefferson_dem]

4. Not debunked. Nice word parsing there, though. Depends on what your definition of "is" is...

You Clintonistas best get on the horn with the media outlets 'cause apparantly they have not received the great debunkment memo.

Bwahahahaha....

EDIT TO ADD: http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLJ,GGLJ:2006-40,GGLJ:en&q=bill+clinton+iraq&um=1&sa=N&tab=wn

[Colobo]

5. LOL!

[sandnsea]

6. Can probably find a quote of Bill opposing the US

In keeping with the Clinton tradition of taking all sides of an issue.

[BeyondGeography]

7. He's fully integrated that way

The Clinton style is built for convenience. Having inhabited multiple sides of an issue rhetorically, statements can be made in response to short-term political need with available back-up in hand, even if the basic position on the issue is rendered unrecognizable.

Problem for them is, they've been playing so long people are starting recognize the game.