McNulty's hypocrisy on Iraq

I just noticed this post on Democracy in Albany, the second part of an interview with incumbent Mike McNulty.

McNulty is asked about the war in Iraq, and who should be held responsible for the decision to go in.

MS: Who should be held responsible and how?
McNulty: Well, where does the buck stop? The President - from the very beginning, is the one that promoted this effort.

McNulty refuses to accept any responsibility for his vote in support of the war in Iraq. He follows the current popular Democrat line that they were fooled into voting for it because "Bush was wrong" about WMD, terrorist links, etc.

Bunk! I said it before we went into Iraq and I'll keep saying it. If we're concerned about WMD, North Korea and Pakistan were much bigger threats than Iraq. If we're concerned about links to terrorism, many other countries were (and are) more obviously linked to terrorism, such as Pakistan, Iran, and Syria. Notice how Pakistan is on both lists? And we still call them our ally.

Bush did not do this by himself. Congress failed to stand up and say no. Mike McNulty failed in his duty to this district and to the American people. There were a number of congressman (such as Maurice Hinchey) who did oppose the war from the beginning. If Mike McNulty had opposed the war, and if he was a leader, he might have brought others with him and stopped it.

Now, instead of accepting responsibility for his role in getting us into the war, he's placing the blame elsewhere.

The line is not: "The buck stops with that guy." It's: "The buck stops here."

McNulty should step up now and apologize to his constituents. Like that'll ever happen. We'll see how he does when we debate.