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Shifting again - or just shifty?	Itsdb	03/15/07
In her speech to the DNC last month, Evita said "If we in Congress don't end this war before January of 2009, as president I will." Now, in an interview with the NY Slimes she offers a "more nuanced position than the one she has provided at her campaign events, where she has backed the goal of “bringing the troops home.” Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton foresees a “remaining military as well as political mission” in Iraq, and says that if elected president, she would keep a reduced military force there to fight Al Qaeda, deter Iranian aggression, protect the Kurds and possibly support the Iraqi military. Her "scaled-down American military force that she would maintain would stay off the streets in Baghdad and would no longer try to protect Iraqis from sectarian violence — even if it descended into ethnic cleansing." Nothing like another good ethnic cleansing under a Clinton's watch, eh? I guess she's now almost in line with Michael Moore's "there isn’t much you can do ‘til the smoke settles and blood is mopped up" position - at least for today.
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tomder55		03/16/07
I can't keep track of all the contradictory and conflicting positions the Dems. are taking on the Iraq war. Sen. Mitch McConnell (who continues to impress me as minority leader ...much better than Frist) made a floor speech during the recent Senate debate where he detailed position shifts by Madame Defarge ;Harry Reid ; and Joe Biden in a short few months .He Mitch-slapped them !! “It is unprecedented in the powers it would arrogate to the Congress in a time of war; it is a clear statement of retreat from the support that the Senate only recently gave to General David Petraeus; and its passage would be absolutely fatal to our mission in Iraq. “Previous resolutions proposed by the Democrats were a mere statement of opinion, or sentiment. This one has a binding quality. It would interfere with the President and General Petraeus’ operational authority to conduct the war in Iraq as he and his commanders see fit. It would substitute for their judgment the judgment of 535 members of Congress. How dare he invoke the Constitution into the debate !!

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