For some three years now, the Democrat party's leaders, operatives, and hangers on have been criticizing President Bush for starting the war in Iraq in haste. The criticism is that President Bush bypassed negotiations and excluded other nations from the decision. Seemingly, the Democrats cynically decided that the American people have forgotten the 12 years of dealings with Iraq prior to the beginning of the war there. And the Democrats and their MSM allies have tried to ignore the many nations who participated, contributing forces and logistic support to the War in Iraq.
Now Senator Clinton has laid bare the Democrats' hypocrisy and cynicism in their criticisms. In dealing with Iran's nuclear threat (the Democrats haven't yet claimed that President Bush lied about this, but the crisis is still young), President Bush is working with the Europeans and the UN to try to resolve the crisis through negotiations. In brief, he is doing what the Democrats say he should have done with Iraq. Senator Clinton, rather than praising President Bush for having learned from Iraq, is slamming President Bush for downplaying the crisis in Iran and for "out-sourcing" the crisis to other nations.
If you're looking for some underlying principle or policy in these mutually contradictory criticisms, don't bother. The underlying "principle" is the Democrats' loathing and hatred for President Bush and their eagerness to use any opportunity to condemn him.
