At the beginning of this show, you mention Christopher Shays’s comment that many Democrats “voted for the war.” What the majority of Republicans and Democrats voted on was not a vote for war, but rather a vote to authorize the Executive Branch’s use of force if all other options failed to yield progress regarding Iraq. The President did not return to the UN, did not accept the assistance of European nations to further monitor Iraq’s activities, and forced the UN inspectors to leave Iraq by warning them of an imminent US attack.

Voting for war and voting to authorize the use of force as a last resort are very different matters.

While most in the media seem to have accepted the statements of Shays and other Republicans that Democrats “voted for the war,” such statements are simply not true, and the media, including War News Radio, should not let these statements go unchallenged.

End of polemic! Please keep up the great work.