Facts for the two-faced Bush hating hypocrites...
From 1998
senate.gov
And while the Clinton Administration claims U.S. force deployments underpin U.S. leadership in the world, Senator Byrd made the observation that, "In Iraq, we're not showing leadership. We haven't been showing leadership. We have been tagging along after the United Nations. We get our orders and our instructions and our recommendations apparently from the U.N.
senate.gov
"Congress has already spoken on this matter, and we have spoken clearly. In 1998 we passed the Iraqi Liberation Act, and President Clinton signed it, declaring our national policy to be a change of regime in Baghdad. Last October, after extensive debate, the Senate adopted by a vote of 77-23, which authorized the President to' …use the Armed Forces of the United States…to defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq, and to enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq.'
washtimes.com
1998:Explaining the Clinton administration's arguments for military action at that time, Mr. Daschle said at a news conference on Feb. 11, 1998, "Look, we have exhausted virtually all 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? That's what they're saying. This is the key question. And the answer is we don't have another option. We have got to force them to comply militarily." |
