That Was Then. This Is Politics

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Cal., last Tuesday,

accused Secretary of State-nominee Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday of using "falsehoods" about weapons of mass destruction to justify attacking Iraq.

During Dr. Rice's Senate confirmation hearing today, Boxer said, "I personally believe - this is my personal view - that your loyalty to the mission you were given, to sell this war, overwhelmed your respect for the truth."

The California Democrat insisted that the Iraq war "was based on what everyone now says, including your own administration, were falsehoods about WMDs, weapons of mass destruction."

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Cal., six years ago:

"The president had no choice but to act today," she said in a statement issued by her office [after Clinton launched four days of air strikes]. "Anyone who questions the timing of his decision ignores the fact that we committed a month ago to act if [chief U.N. weapons inspector] Richard Butler reported that Saddam was not cooperating."

"These critics are blinded by political considerations," Boxer added.

(via Beautiful Atrocities)