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To: Cogito who wrote (52721)	11/1/2006 9:32:53 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

He also goes on to say that he would do the same thing over again. So that's hardly admitting that he made a mistake, is it? As a matter of grand strategy he would do the same thing over again, that doesn't mean as a matter of lower level strategy and operations he would do the same thing over again. He has talked in more detail about mistakes, not perhaps in great detail, but more than "mistakes were made". What this shows us is that some people are open to changing their views based on new information. Not being open to that isn't being "principled". At best, it's just being stubborn. Not changing your mind can be principled. That doesn't mean changing your mind is unprincipled. Neither is inherently wrong. If your sole reason for supporting the invasion was out of concern for existing stockpiles of Iraqi WMD or a current highly active program of WMD production than it makes sense to revise your opinion when you find out that such stockpiles and highly active production didn't exist at the time when you voted or after that time. Bush's support for the invasion most likely was not dependent on existing large stockpiles or a current highly active production program.