Then and Now

Howard Dean. Anti war 2003:

http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/dean/dean021703sp.html

I do not believe the President should have been given a green light to drive our nation into conflict without the case having first been made to Congress and the American people for why this war is necessary, and without a requirement that we at least try first to work through the United Nations…
To this day, the President has not made a case that war against Iraq, now, is necessary to defend American territory, our citizens, our allies, or our essential interests.
Nor has the Administration prepared sufficiently for the possible retaliatory attacks on our home front that even the President’s CIA Director has stated are likely to occur. It has always been important, before going to war, for our troops to be well-trained, well-equipped, and well-protected. In this new era, it is as important that our people on the home front also be well-protected.
The Administration has not explained how a lasting peace, and lasting security, will be achieved in Iraq once Saddam Hussein is toppled.

Howard Dean. War Monger 2011:

http://eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?v=hdaGkUuzkU

JOE SCARBOROUGH: Howard Dean, what's your response to the president's actions in Libya?

HOWARD DEAN: I think he's done the right thing. It's easy to criticize in hindsight.

DEAN: When somebody comes in and has a revolution you don't get to say, as the United States of America, when they have their elections.

JOE KLEIN: All the more reason for us to stay out of them.

DEAN: I don't think you stay out of these things. You can't if you're the most powerful country in the world . . . You have to take chances.

KLEIN: That's not what you were saying in 2003!

DEAN: That's because we were lied to about what we were doing . . . we were lied to about the WMD.

KLEIN: We had the same situation as we do now, which is insufficent information.