Iraq and how we got there

As drums to go to war with Iraq were being played loudly by this Bush Cheney Republican Administration, many democrats who should have known better, voted for this War. On the eve of the anniversary of our illegal war and occupation of Iraq, I need to say, JUDGEMENT matters.
Many people have been saying that there is no great diference between Obama and Clinton. I beg to differ. I believe they are so different in so many fronts and yet they get painted with the same brush.
The biggest and most visible difference is the way they have shown their judgement when it has really mattered. Obama, although not able to vote at the time of the Iraq War Resolution, was running for US Senate seat in Illinois, but he stood up against the war when it mattered. The same with a vote to ban the use of cluster bombs. The same with the issue of torture at Gitmo, etc.
The difference is this: There have been instances where Clinton could have made taken a leadership role and did not. She should have looked at the issue and determine with the information available what will happen. She chose to do the politically expedient thing and vote with the Republicans. She has thought that by voting for the war and then try to get us out when it was not popular was enough. Well it is not. It is about how we get to where we are, after having the opportunity to do the right thing and vote against a War that has cost so much. Forget about the money, money could always be made. One thing we will never get back is all the lifes lost and damaged due to this war, the mothers, the fathers, the children, the casualties, the suicides, the wounds. We got here due to politicians like Clinton and many, many other democrats that did not take a stand when it mattered. This is how we got there, to Iraq, to this point in time, where no amount of looking back and saying that you are sorry, that you trusted Bush when voting for the war is going to bring back what we have lost.
America must make a clean break from this war, and if it is not Obama, we never will.