http://wendellrobinson.com/blog2/2007/04/19/no-backbone/ What I Think And Why Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:54:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://wendellrobinson.com/blog2/2007/04/19/no-backbone/#comment-803 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:09:02 +0000 http://wendellrobinson.com/blog2/2007/04/19/no-backbone/#comment-803 [...] Governor Huckabee’s position so closely mirrors how I feel about Iraq that he had me applauding at my TV.  Wow, somebody gets it.  As I said in this post: Even though I was against the war in Iraq before it started, I’ve been a supporter of our efforts there since for one simple reason, we created this mess and it’s our responsibility to fix it. Democrats are as culpable in this quagmire as are Republicans. Both parties voted to authorize the President to go into Iraq. Nobody held a gun to their heads, they voted and he acted. Unfortunately now, nobody (except for folks like Joe Lieberman, John McCain and the President) has the stones to stick it out. And how are Joe, John and George treated by the general public? Pariahs at best, and criminals at worst. Simply because they believe it is our responsibility to clean up after ourselves. [...] […] Governor Huckabee’s position so closely mirrors how I feel about Iraq that he had me applauding at my TV.  Wow, somebody gets it.  As I said in this post: Even though I was against the war in Iraq before it started, I’ve been a supporter of our efforts there since for one simple reason, we created this mess and it’s our responsibility to fix it. Democrats are as culpable in this quagmire as are Republicans. Both parties voted to authorize the President to go into Iraq. Nobody held a gun to their heads, they voted and he acted. Unfortunately now, nobody (except for folks like Joe Lieberman, John McCain and the President) has the stones to stick it out. And how are Joe, John and George treated by the general public? Pariahs at best, and criminals at worst. Simply because they believe it is our responsibility to clean up after ourselves. […]

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