01 February 2007
“President Clinton”
In his OpEd essay in the February 1, 2007 Wall Street Journal, Fred Barnes lamented what he characterized as Hillary Clinton’s surrender to the political left. But there is no inconsistency between her positions on the war in Iraq in 2002 and now. Remaining resolute doesn’t require sticking to a mistaken decision like authorizing the invasion despite subsequent evidence. Principles such as respecting national sovereignty live on even when actions taken in their defense are withdrawn because it is discovered they were based on incorrect information.
We do not execute a convict whose DNA shows him to be innocent. Likewise, we can’t ask our fighting men and women to sacrifice life and limb in defending our security where it is not challenged.
In his OpEd essay in the February 1, 2007 Wall Street Journal, Fred Barnes lamented what he characterized as Hillary Clinton’s surrender to the political left. But there is no inconsistency between her positions on the war in Iraq in 2002 and now. Remaining resolute doesn’t require sticking to a mistaken decision like authorizing the invasion despite subsequent evidence. Principles such as respecting national sovereignty live on even when actions taken in their defense are withdrawn because it is discovered they were based on incorrect information.
We do not execute a convict whose DNA shows him to be innocent. Likewise, we can’t ask our fighting men and women to sacrifice life and limb in defending our security where it is not challenged.
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