McBush continues to do all that he can to sustain the levels of our military: A war that was the largest blunder in American history. A war that forces our soldiers to serve because they have no way out. McBush's war will continue as long as our economy suffers. As a former military leader, McBush refuses to vote for the GI Bill because he beieves soldiers will not re-enlist. McBush is willing to perpetuate economic bondage (slavery) to maintain his military levels.

What is slavery?
To be a slave is to be controlled by another person or persons so that your will does not determine your life's course, and rewards for your work and sacrifices are not yours to claim. According to Kevin Bales, one of the world's leading experts on contemporary slavery.

America’s majority has determined and most of its leadership, that America cannot kill its way to "being right" in Iraq, the onus is on the Iraqi leadership

Senator Clinton voted for the war. One hundred and forty of her colleagues in Congress voted against the war. Those in Congress who voted against the war had exactly the same information available to them that Senator Clinton had available to her.

This is not a "hit" or a "smear", this is a statement of objective fact and nothing can change it or refute it. All of this is a matter of public record.

When the matter of war was being considered by Congress, I repeatedly contacted my Senators and Congressman demanding that they not vote for war. Having lived through the Vietnam War, I could clearly see what was coming if we went to war yet once again.    

Can we just stipulate that Hillary Clinton knew it was a vote for the war and she made it as a political calculation given the political climate at the time which we all remember well?

Barak Obama was not in the Senate at the time. He did speak against the war early on, but that is not the same as voting against the war in the Senate, with all the political risks that come with the job. Since he has been in the Senate he has voted to fund the war every time except this last time when he absented himself.

It seems to me that the problem that Hillary has on the war vote, and Edwards to a lesser extent, is that no matter how much they try to explain their vote or apologize for their vote, there were still 21 other Democratic Sentors who voted no:

...We Won’t Give You The Authorization You Seek to Go To War".

While I was researching information for a recent diary I was nagged by a question: If current rabble-rouser du jour, Chuck Hagel, was hesitant about the war before it started why the hell did he vote for it?  It turns out he was just being a good little republican lapdog; respecting the Office of the President while ignoring the nagging thoughts that going to Iraq was a terrible mistake. Coward.