oxbow
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Sun Jun-05-05 09:30 PM
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A Simple Reply to GOP Lies (DSM) |
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In regards to "The Iraqi Liberation Act of 1998:"
one president cannot override the constitution for the benefit of another only congress can legally declare war Bush declared war illegally Clinton did not declare war at all
Thanks to David at afterdowningstreet.org for this.
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Jun-05-05 09:34 PM
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1. I thought Congress voted to give bush the |
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authority to declare war.
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berni_mccoy
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Sun Jun-05-05 09:36 PM
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2. They did, but it was based on information |
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That was manufactured by the administration. That's what the Downing Street Minutes are all about.
If Congress had known the truth, they would never have authorized War.
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chaumont58
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Sun Jun-05-05 10:08 PM
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4. I don't think congress can give the authority to anyone |
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The Constitution gives them the power to declare war. They can not give it to the president. The Constitution can be amended to give him that authority, but Congress can not. Its like the line item veto. A president can either sign a bill in its totality, or veto it, reject all of it. Congress tried to give the President such a power(Clinton was president at the time), but it was struck down by SCOTUS.
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oxbow
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Sun Jun-05-05 09:39 PM
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3. The point of this thread |
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was to come up with some strong simple replies to this new GOP smokescreen. If the above statement is wrong, we can still say that
The "Iraqi Liberation Act" authorized US support of Iraqi dissidents. In no way did it authorize invasion of Iraq by US military forces.
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proud2BlibKansan
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Sun Jun-05-05 10:15 PM
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5. I don't think we should disasssemble |
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the facts when we debate the GOP.
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