Reply #46: You're spinning so hard you could have prevented tha blackout! [View All]

[Devils Advocate NZ]

If someone had hooked you up to a generator.

Some voted because they feared that Bush* might plant WMD's in Iraq. You could argue that it was dumb for them to be scared by that, but "they were dumb" is not the same argument as "they supported the invasion"

So voting for a war because you are afraid opposing it will make you look bad to the electorate if the liar lies is supposed to be better than voting for it because you actually believed in it?

Jesus, if they did vote for the war just to save their own political hides then they are WORSE than Bush. At least Bush had a reason to go to war - greed - but to do so out of fear of losing your seat? Disgusting.

Wrong, the constitution gave Bush* the authority to ignore the UN. It makes Bush* CINC and the Constitution says NOTHING about the UN.

I wasn't the one claiming the resolution forced Bush to go to the UN, I was merely pointing out that it DIDN'T force him to go to the UN, even though it could have. The Constitution and the War Powers Act when combined make it clear that Congress can put whatever restrictions on military action they want. They didn't, so they explicitly authorised Bush to ignore the UN.