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Originally Posted by demonrail666
In his pre-Election campaign, Obama said he'd be seeking advice from all spectrums of the political establishment. And while 130 members of the House and 23 members of the senate voted against the war in Iraq, Obama hasn't chosen one of them for his National Security cabinet. So is packing his cabinet solely with advisors that voted in favour of the war really an example of the 'change' he was touting?
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How does voting for the Iraq war resolution in 2002 guarantee that these people are still in favor of continuing the war? In 2003, after President Bush's State of the Union, only 27% of the American public opposed military action in Iraq. In all likely hood, you or at least the majority of the left who voted for Obama supported the war under false pretenses five years ago. American politics are far more intricate than a vote for or against the resolution. All spectrums of the political establishment are not represented on the yay or nay of the 2002 resolution and assuming that each side voted so for the same ideological reasons is preposterous.