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The American public could take a more personal ownership of the war.
At the anti-war protests which I attended, I was not surrounded by a sea of like minded people making their position known. A lot of people indeed, but a tiny minority of the population at best. I ask all people to answer these questions: "What did we do to prevent the war?" "Why did we leave it to our leaders to make these decisions without vocalizing our opposition and with great numbers?" I doubt any Senator would have authorized the war with a large and vocal opposition in place. We (a generalizing collective) not only didn't make much of a peep, we re-elected all of these pro war authorization voters. I would suggest we were all secretly hopeful that the war would work out to our advantage as a nation and it is only hindsight and political expediency that allows us a moralist position late in the game.
It was Hillary Clinton's responsibility to put a check to the unfettered power of the Executive branch as well as uphold the constitution and all international treaties and laws of which this nation is a signatory.
It is our responsibility as citizens to participate as active and not passive members of this democracy. Our responsibility to educate ourselves about war and its inevitable price, and to then teach our children well.
