I just saw a clip on TV of Hillary Clinton saying that if she knew then what she knows now, she would not have voted to go to war in Iraq. I don't know what that is supposed to prove. If I knew five years ago what I know now, I'd be rich. The problem with her comment is that there is no way to know what would have happened if we had not gone to war in Iraq. Saddam would still be in command. The sanctions against Iraq would have collapsed. There is no way to know what Saddam would have done, but the record suggests it would not have been good.

Hillary also took issue with President Bush because he said his successor would have to deal witht he situation in Iraq. She said Bush gt us into it, and it is his responsibility to get us out. She does not seem to be aware of recent history. We still have troops in Kosovo in a war her husband started. We have had troops in Germany, Japan, and North Korea since the end of World War II. Islam wants war with us, and we have to either fight or surrender; does she advocate surrender?