Umm...Where does Bush have authority to attack Iran?

[joemurphy]

Is he couching it in the Executive's war-making powers?

Shouldn't we be making a stink about this? Writing Congressmen, Senators, marching? demonstrating?

This is bullshit.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. He don't need no damn authority!!!!

:evilgrin:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. Same place he has to continue operations in Iraq

No where.

[HardWorkingDem]

3. I believe that....

the Bushies have all ready answered this question and are claiming the Congressional resolution for invading Iraq includes the broader picture of Bush's so called "war on terror", so in their wacky thinking, the Bushies feel he all ready has all the authorization he needs.

[Windy]

4. exactly..... n/t

[ewagner]

7. Agree

They also have the "Unitary Executive" argument that Gonzolez has been trotting out for the last couple of weeks....equally bullshit but they'll use it and see if anybody tries to challenge it...AFTER THE FACT !!!!

[leftchick]

5. not only strike, but go nuclear!

because he says he can. Uh, has anyone bothered to rein the guy in so far?......

<snip>

A proposed change in U.S. nuclear weapons policy has exploded into a controversy between the Bush Administration and physicists worldwide. Sixteen faculty members of the MIT physics department have joined over a thousand physicists in signing a petition repudiating a Pentagon proposal that would “foresee pre-emptive nuclear strikes against non-nuclear adversaries.”

Kim Griest and Jorge Hirsch, two UCSD physics professors who started the petition in September, claim a change in the March 2005 Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations “crosses a line … and heightens the probability of future use of nuclear weapons by others.” The petition can be viewed online at http://physics.ucsd.edu/petition/.

“Remember the Greek myth about Cassandra. Before every major disaster, there’s always someone who warns of it and gets ignored,” Professor Max E. Tegmark, a signatory, said in an e-mail. “This has the same feel to it. We scientists clearly have a responsibility to speak up.”

The petition, which has been signed by 1,061 physicists worldwide as of yesterday, includes 2004 Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek, 1990 Nobel Laureate Jerome I. Friedman, and 2005 Wolf Prize Laureate Daniel Kleppner from MIT.

“I believe strongly that the current Administration’s reversals of long-standing agreements and policies regarding nuclear weapons is short-sighted, self-defeating, and incredibly dangerous,” wrote Professor David I. Kaiser, a signatory, historian of science, and physicist, in an e-mail. “It is astonishing to me that after having learned so much about the incredible destructiveness of nuclear weapons over the past sixty years, some politicians today would seriously consider making their pre-emptive use part of this nation’s stated military and political policy.”

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V125/N52/52petition.html

[joemurphy]

6. Where are the Democrats on this?

Even if attacking Iran was a good idea (and I don't think it is), we're already fully committed in Iraq.

I hope some of our Senators start speaking out about this. I just heard a report on NPR about how the planning for an attack is underway. There was an excerpt quoting Bush about how Iran is threatening our ally Israel and that we'll never permit Iran to use nuclear weapons on Israel. This shit is getting pretty deep. First Sy Hersh reported it. Now we're hearing about it from Joseph Cerincinoni (sp?) on NPR.

[Jane Austin]

9. Where are the Republicans on this?

Since we know Bush doesn't listen to Democrats, where are the patriotic Republicans calling on him to STFU and start using diplomacy.

For that matter, why isn't his father (the Earthly one) calling for him to resign - - first privately, and if that doesn't work, then publicly?

I call on Bush 41 to ask for Bush 43's resignation.

[joemurphy]

10. Good point. But I'm afraid that most reasonable Republicans

have no control over Bush and his gang of thugs.

[Jane Austin]

11. Many of them have considerable influence with the media and with their

constituents.

The media hasn't tagged them as malcontents, cronic complainers or Bush haters.

[blondeatlast]

14. Indeed, and some of them should be starting to smell the coffeee and

realize that GWB won't help them get--and doesn't even care if--they get re-elected.

[earthside]

15. Dems Onboard for Iran "Regime change"

Most of the Democrats in the U.S. House have already been suckered into the warmongering against Iran.

Don't forget the Iraq Liberation Act that Bush referred to constantly as a justification for war and to claim "bipartisan support" for the unprovoked attack on Iraq.

Tell your Congressperson to drop co-sponsorhip of H.R.282, the Iran Freedom Act.
Title: To hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its threatening behavior and to support a transition to democracy in Iran.

Here is a list of the current co-sponsors and when they added their names.

Rep Ackerman, Gary L. - 1/6/2005
Rep Aderholt, Robert B. - 4/5/2005
Rep Akin, W. Todd - 6/30/2005
Rep Alexander, Rodney - 3/16/2005
Rep Allen, Thomas H. - 7/12/2005
Rep Andrews, Robert E. - 1/6/2005
Rep Baca, Joe - 4/5/2005
Rep Bachus, Spencer - 1/6/2005
Rep Baird, Brian - 6/7/2005
Rep Baker, Richard H. - 2/15/2005
Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 7/14/2005
Rep Barrett, J. Gresham - 5/10/2005
Rep Barrow, John - 4/21/2005
Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. - 5/17/2005
Rep Bass, Charles F. - 4/5/2005
Rep Bean, Melissa L. - 3/8/2005
Rep Beauprez, Bob - 5/12/2005
Rep Berkley, Shelley - 1/6/2005
Rep Berman, Howard L. - 1/6/2005
Rep Berry, Marion - 5/23/2005
Rep Biggert, Judy - 1/6/2005
Rep Bilirakis, Michael - 5/5/2005
Rep Bishop, Rob - 12/14/2005
Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. - 5/10/2005
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. - 6/14/2005
Rep Blackburn, Marsha - 6/16/2005
Rep Blunt, Roy - 2/14/2006
Rep Boehlert, Sherwood - 1/6/2005
Rep Boehner, John A. - 9/29/2005
Rep Bonilla, Henry - 2/15/2005
Rep Bonner, Jo - 4/5/2005
Rep Bono, Mary - 2/17/2005
Rep Boozman, John - 3/14/2005
Rep Boren, Dan - 5/3/2005
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. - 4/28/2005
Rep Boustany, Charles W., Jr. - 4/5/2005
Rep Boyd, Allen - 5/3/2005
Rep Bradley, Jeb - 4/14/2005
Rep Brady, Robert A. - 5/5/2005
Rep Brown, Corrine - 6/14/2005
Rep Brown, Henry E., Jr. - 5/10/2005
Rep Brown, Sherrod - 6/30/2005
Rep Brown-Waite, Ginny - 3/16/2005
Rep Burgess, Michael C. - 6/7/2005
Rep Burton, Dan - 1/6/2005
Rep Butterfield, G. K. - 2/16/2005
Rep Calvert, Ken - 6/27/2005
Rep Camp, Dave - 6/14/2005
Rep Campbell, John - 3/9/2006
Rep Cannon, Chris - 6/14/2005
Rep Cantor, Eric - 1/6/2005
Rep Capito, Shelley Moore - 6/23/2005
Rep Cardin, Benjamin L. - 5/3/2005
Rep Cardoza, Dennis A. - 3/14/2005
Rep Carnahan, Russ - 5/24/2005
Rep Carter, John R. - 3/17/2005
Rep Case, Ed - 6/14/2005
Rep Chabot, Steve - 1/6/2005
Rep Chandler, Ben - 1/6/2005
Rep Chocola, Chris - 5/17/2005
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy - 2/17/2005
Rep Cleaver, Emanuel - 5/17/2005
Rep Clyburn, James E. - 6/7/2005
Rep Coble, Howard - 4/8/2005
Rep Cole, Tom - 3/10/2005
Rep Conaway, K. Michael - 5/10/2005
Rep Cooper, Jim - 5/10/2005
Rep Costa, Jim - 3/14/2005
Rep Costello, Jerry F. - 5/10/2005
Rep Cox, Christopher - 1/6/2005
Rep Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. - 5/17/2005
Rep Crenshaw, Ander - 6/17/2005
Rep Crowley, Joseph - 1/6/2005
Rep Cubin, Barbara - 5/24/2005
Rep Cuellar, Henry - 3/17/2005
Rep Culberson, John Abney - 4/28/2005
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 5/24/2005
Rep Cunningham, Randy (Duke) - 4/8/2005
Rep Davis, Artur - 4/5/2005
Rep Davis, Danny K. - 2/16/2005
Rep Davis, Geoff - 4/5/2005
Rep Davis, Jim - 5/10/2005
Rep Davis, Jo Ann - 1/6/2005
Rep Davis, Lincoln - 4/8/2005
Rep Davis, Susan A. - 10/18/2005
Rep Deal, Nathan - 2/28/2006
Rep DeGette, Diana - 5/17/2005
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 5/23/2005
Rep Dent, Charles W. - 2/9/2005
Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln - 1/6/2005
Rep Diaz-Balart, Mario - 1/6/2005
Rep Dicks, Norman D. - 3/8/2006
Rep Doolittle, John T. - 2/9/2005
Rep Doyle, Michael F. - 4/19/2005
Rep Drake, Thelma D. - 4/14/2005
Rep Edwards, Chet - 3/14/2005
Rep Emanuel, Rahm - 2/9/2005
Rep Emerson, Jo Ann - 6/14/2005
Rep Engel, Eliot L. - 1/6/2005
Rep English, Phil - 6/30/2005
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. - 4/28/2005
Rep Etheridge, Bob - 2/15/2006
Rep Evans, Lane - 4/19/2005
Rep Everett, Terry - 12/8/2005
Rep Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. - 1/6/2005
Rep Farr, Sam - 6/14/2005
Rep Fattah, Chaka - 10/28/2005
Rep Feeney, Tom - 5/17/2005
Rep Ferguson, Mike - 3/14/2005
Rep Filner, Bob - 4/14/2005
Rep Fitzpatrick, Michael G. - 4/14/2005
Rep Foley, Mark - 1/6/2005
Rep Forbes, J. Randy - 6/14/2005
Rep Ford, Harold E., Jr. - 5/3/2005
Rep Fortenberry, Jeff - 9/8/2005
Rep Fortuno, Luis G. - 7/28/2005
Rep Fossella, Vito - 2/8/2006
Rep Foxx, Virginia - 5/23/2005
Rep Frank, Barney - 2/8/2006
Rep Franks, Trent - 5/12/2005
Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. - 6/14/2005
Rep Gallegly, Elton - 6/30/2005
Rep Garrett, Scott - 1/6/2005
Rep Gerlach, Jim - 5/10/2005
Rep Gibbons, Jim - 7/12/2005
Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. - 6/7/2005
Rep Gingrey, Phil - 5/12/2005
Rep Gohmert, Louie - 5/24/2005
Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. - 5/10/2005
Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. - 6/24/2005
Rep Gordon, Bart - 2/9/2005
Rep Graves, Sam - 5/24/2005
Rep Green, Al - 6/14/2005
Rep Green, Gene - 3/16/2005
Rep Green, Mark - 1/6/2005
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. - 5/12/2005
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. - 3/17/2005
Rep Hall, Ralph M. - 11/10/2005
Rep Harman, Jane - 4/14/2005
Rep Harris, Katherine - 1/6/2005
Rep Hart, Melissa A. - 4/8/2005
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 4/19/2005
Rep Hastings, Doc - 5/3/2005
Rep Hayes, Robin - 4/19/2005
Rep Hayworth, J. D. - 5/23/2005
Rep Hefley, Joel - 6/14/2005
Rep Hensarling, Jeb - 5/3/2005
Rep Herger, Wally - 3/16/2005
Rep Herseth, Stephanie - 4/19/2005
Rep Higgins, Brian - 5/12/2005
Rep Holden, Tim - 2/28/2006
Rep Holt, Rush D. - 4/28/2005
Rep Honda, Michael M. - 5/24/2005
Rep Hoyer, Steny H. - 5/12/2005
Rep Hulshof, Kenny C. - 6/27/2005
Rep Inglis, Bob - 4/14/2005
Rep Inslee, Jay - 5/3/2005
Rep Israel, Steve - 1/6/2005
Rep Issa, Darrell E. - 2/15/2005
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. - 5/12/2005
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 7/22/2005
Rep Jefferson, William J. - 4/19/2005
Rep Jindal, Bobby - 3/14/2005
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice - 6/7/2005
Rep Johnson, Timothy V. - 1/6/2005
Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs - 2/8/2006
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. - 6/7/2005
Rep Keller, Ric - 5/17/2005
Rep Kelly, Sue W. - 2/9/2005
Rep Kennedy, Mark R. - 4/14/2005
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. - 5/24/2005
Rep Kildee, Dale E. - 5/12/2005
Rep Kind, Ron - 5/5/2005
Rep King, Peter T. - 7/14/2005
Rep King, Steve - 4/21/2005
Rep Kingston, Jack - 5/10/2005
Rep Kirk, Mark Steven - 1/6/2005
Rep Kline, John - 2/15/2005
Rep Knollenberg, Joe - 3/17/2005
Rep Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. - 3/16/2005
Rep LaHood, Ray - 6/30/2005
Rep Langevin, James R. - 6/22/2005
Rep Lantos, Tom - 1/6/2005
Rep Larsen, Rick - 1/6/2005
Rep Larson, John B. - 6/17/2005
Rep LaTourette, Steve C. - 6/14/2005
Rep Lee, Barbara - 3/15/2006
Rep Levin, Sander M. - 5/26/2005
Rep Lewis, Jerry - 4/28/2005
Rep Lewis, John - 4/5/2005
Rep Lewis, Ron - 6/16/2005
Rep Linder, John - 5/23/2005
Rep Lipinski, Daniel - 2/9/2005
Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. - 3/8/2005
Rep Lofgren, Zoe - 6/14/2005
Rep Lowey, Nita M. - 4/28/2005
Rep Lucas, Frank D. - 6/16/2005
Rep Lungren, Daniel E. - 6/7/2005
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. - 6/7/2005
Rep Mack, Connie - 3/8/2005
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 4/14/2005
Rep Manzullo, Donald A. - 5/26/2005
Rep Marchant, Kenny - 5/24/2005
Rep Markey, Edward J. - 3/7/2006
Rep Marshall, Jim - 5/3/2005
Rep Matheson, Jim - 4/19/2005
Rep Matsui, Doris O. - 4/8/2005
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn - 3/14/2005
Rep McCaul, Michael T. - 2/15/2005
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. - 1/6/2005
Rep McCrery, Jim - 4/8/2005
Rep McHenry, Patrick T. - 3/8/2005
Rep McHugh, John M. - 3/1/2005
Rep McIntyre, Mike - 11/10/2005
Rep McKeon, Howard P. (Buck) - 3/28/2006
Rep McMorris, Cathy - 4/21/2005
Rep McNulty, Michael R. - 2/15/2005
Rep Meehan, Martin T. - 5/23/2005
Rep Meek, Kendrick B. - 2/17/2005
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. - 5/12/2005
Rep Melancon, Charlie - 3/16/2005
Rep Menendez, Robert - 1/6/2005
Rep Mica, John L. - 1/6/2005
Rep Michaud, Michael H. - 4/5/2005
Rep Miller, Brad - 4/19/2005
Rep Miller, Candice S. - 2/16/2005
Rep Miller, George - 4/19/2005
Rep Miller, Jeff - 5/24/2005
Rep Moore, Dennis - 5/24/2005
Rep Moore, Gwen - 7/12/2005
Rep Murphy, Tim - 4/8/2005
Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. - 5/23/2005
Rep Myrick, Sue - 1/6/2005
Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 1/6/2005
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. - 5/3/2005
Rep Neal, Richard E. - 5/24/2005
Rep Neugebauer, Randy - 7/27/2005
Rep Northup, Anne M. - 4/21/2005
Rep Norwood, Charlie - 1/6/2005
Rep Nunes, Devin - 1/6/2005
Rep Nussle, Jim - 3/14/2006
Rep Olver, John W. - 2/28/2006
Rep Osborne, Tom - 3/2/2006
Rep Otter, C. L. (Butch) - 9/29/2005
Rep Owens, Major R. - 5/10/2005
Rep Oxley, Michael G. - 9/29/2005
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. - 2/16/2005
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. - 5/3/2005
Rep Pastor, Ed - 3/9/2006
Rep Payne, Donald M. - 3/7/2006
Rep Pearce, Stevan - 6/7/2005
Rep Pelosi, Nancy - 6/7/2005
Rep Pence, Mike - 1/6/2005
Rep Peterson, Collin C. - 3/7/2006
Rep Peterson, John E. - 5/3/2005
Rep Pickering, Charles W. (Chip) - 2/9/2005
Rep Platts, Todd Russell - 1/6/2005
Rep Poe, Ted - 4/5/2005
Rep Pombo, Richard W. - 3/16/2005
Rep Pomeroy, Earl - 7/20/2005
Rep Porter, Jon C. - 1/6/2005
Rep Price, Tom - 4/19/2005
Rep Pryce, Deborah - 7/12/2005
Rep Putnam, Adam H. - 4/21/2005
Rep Radanovich, George - 6/14/2005
Rep Ramstad, Jim - 5/5/2005
Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 5/17/2005
Rep Rehberg, Dennis R. - 5/10/2005
Rep Reichert, David G. - 5/3/2005
Rep Renzi, Rick - 2/9/2005
Rep Reyes, Silvestre - 5/12/2005
Rep Reynolds, Thomas M. - 4/5/2005
Rep Rogers, Harold - 7/14/2005
Rep Rogers, Mike - 4/8/2005
Rep Rogers, Mike D. - 5/12/2005
Rep Rohrabacher, Dana - 1/6/2005
Rep Ross, Mike - 5/23/2005
Rep Rothman, Steven R. - 1/6/2005
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille - 11/4/2005
Rep Royce, Edward R. - 3/15/2006
Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch - 7/12/2005
Rep Rush, Bobby L. - 4/14/2005
Rep Ryan, Paul - 1/6/2005
Rep Ryan, Tim - 6/14/2005
Rep Ryun, Jim - 5/24/2005
Rep Salazar, John T. - 6/7/2005
Rep Sanchez, Linda T. - 4/5/2005
Rep Sanchez, Loretta - 3/8/2005
Rep Sanders, Bernard - 6/28/2005
Rep Saxton, Jim - 1/6/2005
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 2/15/2005
Rep Schiff, Adam B. - 4/5/2005
Rep Schmidt, Jean - 3/14/2006
Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. - 2/15/2005
Rep Schwarz, John J.H. "Joe" - 7/12/2005
Rep Scott, David - 3/17/2005
Rep Scott, Robert C. - 6/14/2005
Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. - 3/10/2005
Rep Sessions, Pete - 3/17/2005
Rep Shadegg, John B. - 4/19/2005
Rep Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. - 3/8/2005
Rep Shays, Christopher - 4/8/2005
Rep Sherman, Brad - 1/6/2005
Rep Shimkus, John - 1/6/2005
Rep Shuster, Bill - 6/23/2005
Rep Simmons, Rob - 5/17/2005
Rep Simpson, Michael K. - 3/17/2005
Rep Skelton, Ike - 5/3/2005
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh - 5/10/2005
Rep Smith, Adam - 6/7/2005
Rep Smith, Christopher H. - 1/6/2005
Rep Smith, Lamar - 5/23/2005
Rep Sodrel, Michael E. - 6/23/2005
Rep Solis, Hilda L. - 5/10/2005
Rep Souder, Mark E. - 1/6/2005
Rep Stearns, Cliff - 2/15/2005
Rep Strickland, Ted - 5/24/2005
Rep Stupak, Bart - 9/8/2005
Rep Sullivan, John - 1/6/2005
Rep Sweeney, John E. - 11/8/2005
Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. - 1/6/2005
Rep Tanner, John S. - 5/23/2005
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. - 11/4/2005
Rep Taylor, Charles H. - 6/30/2005
Rep Terry, Lee - 4/5/2005
Rep Thompson, Bennie G. - 11/18/2005
Rep Thompson, Mike - 5/23/2005
Rep Tiahrt, Todd - 7/12/2005
Rep Tiberi, Patrick J. - 5/5/2005
Rep Towns, Edolphus - 3/28/2006
Rep Turner, Michael R. - 5/10/2005
Rep Udall, Mark - 5/3/2005
Rep Udall, Tom - 3/14/2006
Rep Upton, Fred - 4/8/2005
Rep Van Hollen, Chris - 3/16/2005
Rep Visclosky, Peter J. - 4/5/2005
Rep Walden, Greg - 9/8/2005
Rep Walsh, James T. - 2/9/2005
Rep Wamp, Zach - 5/3/2005
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie - 4/5/2005
Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 3/1/2005
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. - 4/5/2005
Rep Weldon, Curt - 5/23/2005
Rep Weldon, Dave - 4/8/2005
Rep Weller, Jerry - 1/6/2005
Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A. - 9/29/2005
Rep Wexler, Robert - 1/6/2005
Rep Wicker, Roger F. - 5/17/2005
Rep Wilson, Heather - 6/28/2005
Rep Wilson, Joe - 1/6/2005
Rep Wolf, Frank R. - 11/1/2005
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 5/24/2005
Rep Wu, David - 5/10/2005
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell - 4/5/2005
Rep Young, C. W. Bill - 5/17/2005

From Thomas

[sce56]

22. Well I can't help here My Rep is not on that list! Thank God She is SANE!

Four More Wars The Bush Campaign Slogan of 04. Iran, Korea, Venezuela and of Course the first one was against the US Constitution! Congress has put up the WHITE FLAG on that one!

[Earth_First]

8. From what I understand, that deep within the (un)Patriot Act n/t

[leveymg]

12. It comes out of this

When he's completely lost the military, he's gone


BUSH THINKS ALL HE HAS TO DO IS DECLARE WAR AND THE RANKS WILL LINE UP BEHIND HIM. I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA WORK FOR HIM THIS TIME. THE ARMY ISN'T HIS TOY

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/25/152337/038
Reports Show Growing Military Discontent With Bush and Rumsfeld
by leveymg
Sat Mar 25, 2006 at 12:23:37 PM PDT
The wave of public discontent by U.S. military leaders and rank-and-file troops with Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld continues to grow.

News accounts show an emerging consensus at all levels within the American armed forces opposing the Administration's Iraq and torture policies. This comes at a time that President Bush indicated that US forces will remain in Iraq at least until the end of his own Presidency.

Discontent among American troops in Iraq bodes ill for any plans by the White House to expand the war to Iran.

MORE . . .
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/17/172417/205
The U.S. Military Will Not Go to War With Iran for Bush
by leveymg
Fri Mar 17, 2006 at 02:24:17 PM PDT
Don't fight wars you can't win.

That's the bitter lesson of Vietnam; it was the mantra of the U.S. military until the Bush Administration took power and changed it to, "Attack first, plan later". The old doctrine was codified as the so-called Powell Doctrine, which is back in vogue at the Pentagon after its most recent demonstration in Iraq.

In just five years, the unthinkable has become real. That includes both the threat of a nuclear war in the Persian Gulf or that a sort of legal coup might overthrow this Administration.

The fact is, Bush-Cheney screwed the military so badly in Iraq, that the Pentagon brass, along with the CIA, decided in 2004 to bump the Admininistration rather than being dragged into a far more disasterous adventure in Iran. The Joint Chiefs of Staff joined the CIA in referring the Plame case and the Larry Franklin OSP-AIPAC spy case to the Justice Dept., effectively crippling neocon ambitions for "regime change" in Tehran.

The war drums we hear now are part of large disinformation campaign intended to keep Iran off balance while we withdraw from Iraq.

MORE below . . .

[YDogg]

18. Those who refuse will be jailed, or at least fired.

[bowens43]

13. War Powers Act of 1973 nt

[joemurphy]

16. The War Powers Act requires consultation with Congress

SEC. 3.
The President in every possible instance shall consult with Congress before introducing United States Armed Forces into hostilities or into situation where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, and after every such introduction shall consult regularly with the Congress until United States Armed Forces are no longer engaged in hostilities or have been removed from such situations.


This is no emergency. He legally can't simply order a bombing under these circumstances.

[Orsino]

20. "Consult" is unfortunately as vague...

...as "advise and consent." A Congress as timid as this one, bought and paid for by the same interests who want *'s war, won't hold a President accountable.

The short answer, then, is that Congress is ceding its authority. Any sensible long answer must acknowledge that we have failed to demand that they assert their authority, which is ultimately our own.

[havocmom]

17. There ya go, spreading facts...

Thanks for bringing it up. The Commander In Chief can send in forces. Once they need to be resupplied, Congress needs to enter into the issue as THEY have the check book. Basically, the junta has been holding our military personnel for ransom. They commit troops to battle and Congress has to write the checks of face being labeled as anti-troop.

Answer to the problem: Elect congress critters with back bone and thicker skin to stand up to the junta. The military brass will see who is REALLY in charge and make wise choices.

[leftofthedial]

19. I'm sure Alberto Gonzales can explain it to you

[joemurphy]

21. Yeah, Gonzales is one keen legal mind.

Someone yesterday said watching his stupidity in action is like viewing a Legal Special Olympics.

[MODemocrat]

23. Bush will just change the law to fit his agenda again & again

For someone who doesn't know much about anything else, he sure does know how to "re-make" the laws to fit his crimes. Who's going to stop him? Absolutely no one. W. does what he want to do, and if we don't like it, he'll just tell us to go to hell and go plowing through like a bulldozer.

He's absolutely drunk with power, and completely out of control. He will never stop until he self-destructs. He's been this way since he was a kid, and he's not going to change now. His actions are much like a drug addict's, or a town drunk! :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :hangover: :hangover:

[Rocknrule]

24. He answers to no one, not even God

He has unofficially proclaimed himself dictator