I wrote last week about how Senator Clinton had reportedly invoked September 11 in order to justify her vote for the Iraq war authorization.
"As a senator from New York, I lived through 9/11 and I am still dealing with the aftereffects," Clinton said. "I may have a slightly different take on this from some of the other people who will be coming through here.... I do think we are engaged in a war against heartless, ruthless enemies," she said. "If they could come after us again tomorrow they would do so."At the time, I was a bit annoyed that the Senator was invoking 9/11 with regards to Iraq (a Bush/Cheney ploy), and also that Mrs. Clinton has some notion that September 11 affected her differently than it affected the rest of us.
Yes, for those who died that day, it was markedly worse than what the rest of us experienced. But having lived through that day anywhere in America, I think we were all equally freaked out. One can debate whether it was markedly more damaging psychologically for people near the Pentagon and World Trade Center (I'm not convinced), but as Mrs. Clinton wasn't near either location, the point is moot. (And in any case, it does a disservice to those killed and injured in the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, and their families, to suggest that somehow it was worse dying in the Trade Center than dying at the Pentagon or in a field in Pennsylvania).
Well, it's increasingly looking like the 9/11 invocation wasn't just a slip of the tongue, as Democratic strategist James Carville is now using 9/11 as well to defend Hillary's war vote. Arianna has the rest.
