- Of course the invasion is his responsibility since he's the only person that can give authorization for invasion.
So, we're in a dictatorship now? The part of the Constitution that talks about Congress declaring war was repealed?
Posted on 12/14/2005 2:37:48 PM PST by presidio9
"mae culpa"????
DAMN THE LIBERAL MEDIA TO HELL!
"Oh, if he would just admit a mistake every now and then, the people could relate to him more...."
B*stards!
This is somewhat AP Stuck on Stupid. Of course the invasion is his responsibility since he's the only person that can give authorization for invasion. AP, It's called The President of The United States for a reason. Who else would have sent us, the Hollywood Bareback Mountain Cowboys?
This may be the worst, most biased article I've seen since...yesterday.
I went on Yahoo! to post my opinion.
So, we're in a dictatorship now? The part of the Constitution that talks about Congress declaring war was repealed?
My hatred of the media knows no limit. Just like those repulsive bastards have no limits to their self-sanctified, hypocritical, bigoted "reporting" of the "news".
Re Pres. Bush taking responsibility for Iraq, I thought only Congress had the power to "give authorization for invasion." From Section 8 of the Constitution, the following are among the powers reserved to Congress:
"To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
"To raise and support Armies, ...;
"To provide and maintain a Navy;
"To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
"To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;. . . ."
A free Iraq and a brighter future for the entire middle east is Bush's legacy. Clinton's legacy is a stained blue dress.
I should clarify, he is the only one that can give FINAL authorization.
This is a POS. Every word, every little comment, is slanted.
It reads like an editorial. I bet is shows up in my local paper tomorrow... and a lot more.
If the rumors are true, Bush thinks that the Constitution is "just a g-dd----- piece of paper."
If they win a lot of seats next year... this will be part of the evidence for impeachment. Same goes for his taking responsibilty for NOLA's incompetence. Mark my words.
Amazing Liberal Bias by the AP that's going to show up in your local paper ping!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1540535/posts
Nope, a constitutional republic.
The part of the Constitution that talks about Congress declaring war was repealed?
Nope, Congress declared war in a manner they chose by authorizing the CIC to execute war on Iraq if warranted. The CIC deemed it warranted and exercising the authoirty granted him by Congress, in turn authorized the military to wage war on Iraq.
All very constitutional.
Please post this in the sidebar so Freepers can see this example of bias. Thanks.
So, Congress can ignore their constitutional duty and pass the authority to declare war to someone else? That's like saying they can pass a law making someone king and calling it "constitutional."
It's a good thing he just found out about the intel, just think if he'd found this out prior to the last presidential election?
"If the rumors are true, Bush thinks that the Constitution is "just a g-dd----- piece of paper."
I'm not suggesting for an INSTANT that Pres. Bush doesn't respect the Constitution. I'm suggesting only that he's taking a responsibility on himself that he doesn't really have to - Congress made the decision, not Pres. Bush.
It's called the "War Powers Act" dilbert
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