When Bush and Cheney were building up the case for war, some of us were actually paying attention. I was horrified at the inevitable blood bath that my children would be growing into. I was horrified for the people in the Middle East who would have to live with the consequences. I was appalled at the lack of discussion on the impact of war on the planet. I remember thinking that surely there are enough smart, educated democrats who will not let this stand.
Much of the case for war showed that the evidence against Iraq was being trumped up by the administration. If Bernie could see that, and WE could see that, why couldn’t Hillary? Was she lazy? Was she stupid? Or did she just not care? To me, there was NO reason in the world that ANY senator would not jump up and SCREAM that absolutely this is all BULLSHIT and I’m not voting for the AUMF 2002 authorizing war against Iraq! Instead, Bernie was one of the few faces on the evening news who was cautioning against the haphazard bomb-fest. You know what I’m talking about: that government-funded-corporate takeover of the oil fields in Iraq while Bush watched the shock-and-awe attacks like a tweener playing video games because we had to get Saddam Hussein who started 9/11 (well, maybe not so much). I was deeply pissed off at the ‘lack of spine’ in the democrats who didn’t want to ‘look weak’ because of their careers.
Source: I Am A Feminist, So I Will Not Be Voting for Hillary.