[MegaTrain]

Originally posted by dogscoff:

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We (in the US) largely view this as a question of "right and wrong", "good vs evil".

I think many (most?) of the protesters see Bush vs Saddam as "evil vs evil." I certainly do.

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I don't doubt that for a second--but what it tells me is that much of the opposition to this war is partisan. It is actually opposition to Bush as an individual and the republicans. Where were these people when Clinton was bombing Iraq? I know there were some who have consistently opposed military action by any president, but the vast numbers of democrats who supported Clinton's military campaigns but oppose Bush's is simply astounding.

"This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war."
--Tom Daschle, 2003, when President Bush struck Iraq
"We have exhausted all of our diplomatic effort to get the Iraqis to comply with their own agreements and with international law. Given that . . . we have got to force them to comply, and we are doing so militarily."
--Tom Daschle, in 1998, when President Clinton struck Iraq

Not all Democrats support Daschle, of course, but his statements are a largely accurate picture of the positions taken by the Democratic party leadership in 1998 and in 2003.