How are "they" going to explain Kerry's vote against Gulf War I, when we had both France and Germany aboard (Kerry's favorite countries), and a UN pass, which are seemingly Kerry predicates to action? Maybe the predicates are a moving target, in part fueled by partisanship. Is that possible?
Not only possible, but fact. ......as Zell not-so-subtly pointed out tonight. Had a Dem President conducted this WOT in the exact same manner that Bush has (including the battle of Iraq) he'd be enthusiastically praised as a "liberator of an oppressed people" by the party faithful. And conversely, had a Republican President relentless bombed Serbia - a nation that in no way, even indirectly, threatened the secuirty of the U.S. - for two months killing hundreds of innocent civilians in the process, liberals/Democrats would be doing everything but planning war-crimes tribunals.
They see EVERYHING through the lens of partisan politics and power acquisition.