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The Iraq War Enablers! By: Bob Herbert

"So there was Hillary Rodham Clinton grandstanding for the television cameras last week, giving Donald Rumsfeld a carefully scripted chewing out for his role in the Bush administration?s lunatic war in Iraq.Casual viewers could have been forgiven for not realizing that Senator Clinton has long been a supporter of this war, and that even now, with the number of pointless American deaths moving toward 2,600, her primary goal apparently is not to find an end game, but to figure out the most expedient political position to adopt ? the one that will do the least damage to her presidential ambitions.Mrs. Clinton is trying to have it both ways. A couple of months ago, she told a gathering in Washington: ?I do not think it is a smart strategy either for the president to continue with his open-ended commitment, which I think does not put enough pressure on the new Iraqi government.? She then added, ?Nor do I think it is smart strategy to set a date certain.?Slick Willie has morphed into Slick Hilly, as the carnival of

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