Posted on 04/09/2007 8:44:15 AM PDT by jveritas
“I think President Bush may have realized by now that when the time will come to forcefully deal with the ultimate regime of terror, the islamic terrorist regime in Tehran, we are going to do it alone, we have no real allies left who are willing to fight for their freedom and their way of life, it is up to the USA to preserve it for us and the rest of the world.”
Though I agree with most of your post, I disagree with the above.
GWB no longer has the political capital or backing from Congress, EU, NATO, or the UN to attack Iran. Iran would have to directly attack US forces, with much loss of US lives, for the Rats to even contemplate a war with Iran. Clearly, by their words, the Rats do not want to assume the presidency with the country at war. That would have THEM losing the war, which they surely would, thru micro-mis-management & pure cowardess, a la LBJ.
IMO, the only country likely to attack Iran preemptively is Israel. This becomes even more likely as Israel becomes convinced the USA & the West will do nothing to stop Iranian developement of Nukes.
Agree they will be on our side. However in an Air and Naval war against Iran, the Australians can offer little help but the Eastern Europeans do not have any naval or air forces to offer any help but their moral support will be enough in this case. The US Air Force and Navy can take on and destroy Iran nukes and its military infrastructures without the help of anyone.
Agree 100%, time to toss some bombs in the direction of Iran.
Thanks Jaz. Agree with the article you linked.
The terrorist rulers in Tehran have fatally miscalculated, they forgot that Bush is still President and he is not going to allow them to have nuclear weapons or the means to make nuclear weapons.
We shall see who is right. I have strong faith that President Bush will destroy Iran nukes and probably all their military infrastructures before his term ends. The President of the United States hold 2/3 of power in the US, and we are very fortunate for that.
Great post JV. If anything’s to be done, it’s going to have to be before Bush’s term ends. If our gov’t ends up all dem, we’re through!
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We cannot guarantee that a new President will destroy Iran terrorist regime nukes, for sure not a democrat President, and I am no so sure if a new Republican President will do it although we have much better chance with a GOP President. Our hope is that President Bush will do it, and I have a great faith that he will do it.
Excellent editorial and I agree.
I kinda figured the gig was up when George Galloway was on the telly in a leash like a dog.
Any country that will permit that has lost it’s pride.
Good piece, JV. The Brits are verifying your insightful reasoning as they now cease all boarding work and meekly slink from the field with their tail between their legs. Iran needed only to expose the paper brit tiger by kidnapping 15 of her forces and holding them for a few days. Liberalism is a disease now shown to be destroying Britain and soon to crumble the U.S. of A.
Very sad indeed.
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Not doubt it has destroyed Britain and Western Europe, in the US we are still fighting it and should continue to fight it and prevent this greatest of all nations from becoming another France or now can easily say another Britain.
That says it all, the terrorist mullahs knew who to pick up on.
“I have strong faith that President Bush will destroy Iran nukes and probably all their military infrastructures before his term ends. The President of the United States hold 2/3 of power in the US, and we are very fortunate for that.”
How is GWB gonna LEGALLY attack Iran w/o the consent of Congress? If he did, even the Pubs would vote for his impeachment & removal.
2/3s of the power? I don’t know how you figure that, unless one of the other 2 branches of gov’t has no power at all. Check your math & the Constitution.
It requires 2/3 of each houses of Congress to vote for a bill to overcome a Presidential veto. Thus the President has 2/3 of power when it comes to running the US government.
The notion that the Commander in Chief requires permission from Congress to protect the country is nonsense. Even the so called "War Powers Act" allows the President to commence hostilities, but requires a report to Congress within a certain time. The Congress is always free to cut off funding.
But I agree that in General Congress is the most powerful branch, or would be if the Constitution were still followed, just not in Foreign Affairs.
No question, and I’ve got a home grown specimen in JRROTC, not yet 15, but very much a man.
The President can check the Congress that way, but he can't force it to do anything. Not declare war, not required in this case as you point out, and certainly not appropriate money. That's the thing the Congress holds over the President. They can cut off funding, without doing anything. The President cannot veto a funding bill that is never passed.
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