Truth can be created.

Prior to the Iraq War, no one talked about Weapons of Mass Destruction.  Chemical and biological weaponry have existed since at least WWI.  We’ve lived with nuclear weaponry since the 40s.  But the idea of Weapons of Mass Destruction as some unified, modern terror was a public relations creation.  And it was a successful creation because it helped to grease the skids on our way to Iraq.

So, it was interesting to watch Senator Carl Levin on this weekend’s Meet the Press.  Levin presented the idea that the pre-Iraq War Congressional vote granting President Bush the authority to use force in Iraq was simply a vote to remove the weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein.

If we take Levin’s position to its logical extension, it CAN be argued that Congressional authority ended when the weapons of mass destruction were removed and Saddam Hussein was eliminated.  Both of those situations have now come to pass.

It certainly can be debated whether this position is constitutional or even logical.  I would need to do some research on the wording of the authorization legislation.

But that is beside the point, because if this position can be argued effectively by the Democrats, the Constitution and even logic are beside the point.  Remember that truth can be created.

One of the interesting side issues related to this line of argument is the fact that it lets Hillary off the hook.  If this logic gains a foothold, she no longer has to explain her vote.  She simply voted to remove the WMD and Saddam.  All of the occupation difficulties were simply an extra-Congressional Bush adventure that she never voted to support at all.

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