4 Comments

• 1. LiberalMind  |  November 14th, 2007 at 12:07 pm

  Gee, how many times has the rationale for invading Iraq changed?

  As the failure of Bush’s invasion and occupation unfolded, there is nothing wrong with changing one’s opinion on the whole thing.

• 2. Flip  |  November 14th, 2007 at 2:55 pm

  Obama’s not claiming his opinion has changed (in fact, he’s adamant that it hasn’t). He’s acknowledging that he misrepresented that opinion in 2004 and defending the misrepresentation by noting it was in his political interest.

• 3. Flip  |  November 14th, 2007 at 3:01 pm

  As Matt correctly identifies, it’s Obama’s *position* that has changed, not his opinion. There is something wrong with changing a position based on a change not of opinion, but of prevailing political winds.

• 4. DougH  |  November 14th, 2007 at 3:51 pm

  The rationale for invading Iraq has never changed, what has changed is that the information that supported the rationale was incorrect.

  Then the question became what do we now do about Iraq.. For Democrats that was easy.. leave Iraq.

  For others they believed that the US had the responsibility to stay and help the people of Iraq.