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SEC. 3. AUTHORISATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.

(a) AUTHORISATION. The President is authorised to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to

(1) defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and

(2) enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions regarding Iraq.

Keep that section in mind in the coming weeks. This will most likely pass the House and Senate. And it leaves discretion over how much force to use, where, when and how totally up to the president.

That is important, because if the war bleeds over into, say Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iran, etc., there will be those who claim force was never authorized there. That's not true. This resolution says that if the president determines any particular military action is necessary to appropriately eliminate the threat from Iraq, he may do it. It's his call.

This resolution is a blanket authorization to unleash the dogs of war and put the leash in the president's hands. Those who will say otherwise in the future should be pointed to this document.

This is a sad day for the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, perhaps our finaly betrayal from the establishment.

This is another UN War, not a war in the national security interest of the United States in response to Iraqi involvement in WTC '93 and the Oklahoma City Bombing. There is no mention of any role in 9/11, so that tells me the evidence is cicumstantial at best.

A sad day indeed.

I have not read what the White House was pushing before but I think the press was reporting wording using "region".

This uses the word "Iraq" frequently.

But if something else flares up in the region it doesn't seem to rule it out.
Of course the President needs to notify the appropriate Legislatures!