Re: War Powers Act of 1973 and President Bush\'s authority
The resolution only authorized Bush to go after people regarding 9/11. Iraq has nothing to do with 9/11 despite what Bush says publically. In fact, I doubt whether he actually believes what he says in public. This is a way for him to avoid having a new resolution passed authorizing force against Iraq. By your interpretation, if Bush "decides" China and Russia had links to Al Quaeda he could start World War III. Sorry, this is not good enough for me.
You can spin this all you want but anyone looking impartially at this must realize Bush is overstepping his authority in this matter. You give a moron a blank check and he'll put as many zeros as he can.
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