What will you do if Bush asks Congress for approval to attack Iran?

[LiberteToujours]

And Democrats vote to support it, AGAIN? I know that we can't really stop the bill from passing, but it would be nice to see unanimous opposition by the Democrats. But what will you do if they give him the green light, once again? How many more times are we going to take it? And why do I have such doubts that the Democrats will actually make a stand? "Can't get fooled again..."

[MatrixEscape]

1. Why would I be surprised?

That's the game plan of PNAC. The people "voted" for this and now the green light has been given.

The Empire continues! Awww heck, we pay them to do it every time we buy all this crap we don't need, want, etc.

The US wants to take over the Middle-East for the Peak Oil crisis. That will be the only area producing enough crude in the next five to ten years anyway.

Who wants to totally change their consumer-culture life-style just to stop wars for resources? Hmmm?

[SoCalDem]

2. He won't ask.. It's part of the "war on terrah"..just another front.

He was given a blank check..and don't forget..he has a
mandate"..

[blackangrydem]

3. How would democratic Presidential hopefuls in the Senate vote?

Hillary? Kerry? Obama? Bayh?

[DELUSIONAL]

4. Didn't all the Senators who voted against the war -- win their

races? Did I read that somewhere?

Whereas the dem Senators who voted for the war -- lost their races.

Anyone know if this is correct?

If so -- this could be part of a letter writing campaign to democratic senators -- and any of the other sort of senators who might have an ounce of humanity left in their souls.

The only thing we can do is go on record against the war -- write our congressional delegation.

When the draft comes -- and people begin to notice that too many of their young people are coming home in boxes --then the anti-war protests will begin. However, this time the bushies will be ready for people who take to the streets in civil disobedience. My guess -- homeland security will open re-education centers and American citizens will become the disappeared ones and torture will be common. All part of the "on ward Christian Soldiers, going off to war. . ."

And dog I do hope that I am wrong -- I hope that America remebers her moral core.

[blackangrydem]

5. Hillary voted for the war resolution and for the $87 Billion

[Vickers]

19. She wasn't up for reelection, though

:shrug:

[blackangrydem]

28. True, although her campaign for '08 has clearly begun.

[Cheswick2.0]

8. Obama is the only one who will vote no

and possibly Kerry, what does he have to lose now?

[bowens43]

6. He doesn't need to ask. He didn't need to ask the first time.

The first vote was an attempt to slow down the march to war. Because of the war powers act bush didn't need permission then and he doesn't need it now.

[0rganism]

7. I wish the House Dems would just abstain

Don't even dignify the bullshit with showing up. The pukes hardly let bills go through committees for revision anymore, they're done up in the GOP caucus and pushed straight to a rubber-stamp floor vote. Why should the Dems even participate? Take the time to talk to the press, instead. If all 201 House Dems would start hitting the media nice & hard, at least the pukes would have to defend themselves in the forum of public opinion.

It won't be too long before the House leadership cooks up some procedural rule like "Minority parties don't get to propose ammendments" and "Blacks don't get a floor vote" anyway, so they might as well put their energy where it will pay off.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

9. Go out in the streets again

just like we did in '03. Only this time I think our numbers will be larger, as people are starting to realize that this idiot is not dealing with a full deck, and doesn't give a rat's behind about what happens to this nation as long as the PNAC agenda is met.

[teryang]

10. I will laugh because a larger war will come home

...and affect people in a way that they will no longer be able to deny. It will complete our diplomatic isolation and result in eventual military defeat.

[leftofthedial]

11. laugh out loud

Murka is a country of morons, top to bottom

One should just grab whatever one can as fast as one can. Lie, cheat, steal . . . it doesn't matter anymore. All that matters is getting away with it. If our "leaders" want to kill a few hundred thousand or even a few million more, so what? Just make sure you and yours aren't in the line of fire. If they want to steal from us? Macht nichts. Just figure out a way to steal from some other sucker faster.

God bless Murka.

[Dem2theMax]

12. Spontaneously combust.

Yep, if I get that pissed off, it will be one huge :nuke:

[frankly_fedup2]

13. There is something we can do??? I didn't realize they listened to . . .

us anymore. They just spend our money they steal from our paychecks to destroy and rebuild other countries. They take it from our retirement funds we have paid into all our lives plus our medical care for when we retire. I mean since they can do that and nobody can get them to stop, what can we do??? I mean we are only "The People," who support them financially to do their will . . . not ours.

Yeah, I'm depressed, just about everything. Tired and depressed.

[bunkerbuster1]

14. Reporting for duty, Sir!

I want to kill as many of them Eye-rainians as I can, Sir!

They'd defer my ass right quick, I'm sure.

Seriously, Iran was ALWAYS more of a threat to our stability than was Iraq. Doesn't justify an attack, but I'm just sayin'. If the spineless "opposition" party in Congress rolled in 2002, why not roll again? Heck, why bother calling them out on it?

This is life in a military industrial dictatorship. This is what we've chosen. Nothing short of a serious military defeat will turn this tide, I fear. There are no good choices as we're presently configured.

[Cheswick2.0]

15. nothing at all........ this time why waste the energy?

Let them bring the wrath of the world against us. Maybe then americans will finally realize how truly bad a choice they made in bush.

[akwapez]

16. I think you mean "when" not "if"

[zulchzulu]

17. Take it to the streets

Chimpy might want to start off the attack just in time for his inauguration. 4000 troops covering his ass while he attacks Iran and gives his pro-life war speech.

Rest up now. We will need to be able to mobilize and show the World we will not let this happen without a fight.

[msongs]

18. let him have his war on Iran.....onward christ-ian soldiers ha ha ha

what he wants. more dead americans, more dead american sons and daughters, more dead right wingers children as well.....

onward christian soldiers.....

George W Bush is a general in the Pink Floyd tradition anyway.

Msongs
Riverside Ca

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[Stinky The Clown]

20. He won't ask permission, he'll just do it

He has a man date, dontcha know?

[Brundle_Fly]

21. Frist and the Hawks

are all out stating they don't think they need to ask congress for approval to attack Iran. It's open season, and they'll do as they please.

[driver8]

22. Sit at home and wait for my draft notice...

I've only been out of the military for 13 years!

[SillyGoose]

23. Probably write, call and email every politician I can think of,

march in the streets, rant here on DU, then sit down and cry out of sheer frustration when our "leaders" won't listen to us.

[ThorsHammer]

24. This is getting ridiculous

Iraq is not going well, and Bush wants to invade another, more powerful country? This is becoming some sort of bizarro world.

Cheswick (and also teryang)- I respectfully disagreed with you on the other thread, and will have to do the same here. I don't want our country to go down the tubes nor have other countries hate us just because our "leader" is up to no good. GWB does not represent all of us, and we shouldn't have to suffer for his decisions. I'd much rather stand against these endless wars, as we've lost way too many people, both American and Iraqi for no good reason, and definitely do not need another war. Yes, public opinion will turn against Bush, but he has already been re-elected and (unfortunately) has nothing to lose. I just don't think it's worth risking lives over, especially in a conflict like this that has no clear end.

[Padraig18]

25. I'll take to the streets again

I did it before and was threatened with arrest then.

:shrug:

[okieinpain]

26. I would hope that none of them voted for it, well except for reid, and

liberman.

[welshTerrier2]

27. A dangerous time for the Democratic Party

many of us are hoping elected democrats have heard our message ... given the hypothetical you posed, if democrats voted to support an insane invasion of Iran, I, and many others, would be gone for good ...

let's hope it doesn't come to that ...