Another Undeclared War?

[BILL53]

Another Undeclared War?

By Patrick J. Buchanan

Is the United States about to launch a second preemptive war, against a nation that has not attacked us, to deprive it of weapons of mass destruction that it does not have?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11602.htm

[TheBaldyMan]

1. US doesn't have the money or the troops n/t

[Kablooie]

4. So? What does that have to do with anything?

We can borrow and start a draft.

There, all fixed. Let's go to war!

[TheBaldyMan]

6. you have to initiate the draft first ...

and Uncle Sam's credit card is maxed.

IMO it is't going to happen. Not enough bodies, bullets and beans.

[EndElectoral]

2. Is today's War a violation of the original authorization? (See below)

"SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The President is authorized 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.


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Where is there anything about establishing a democracy?

[necso]

3. Good piece... /nt

[teryang]

5. Fletcher Prouty contended that the No. 1 middle east objective...

...was obstruction of the flow of oil to keep it away from those whom we didn't wish to have it. He said he learned this directly from General Eisenhower whom he flew on a tour of the middle east shortly after the conclusion of WWII.

Another way of looking at this is making the resource more profitable to friendly shareholders (the haves and have mores- the bushbot base) while punishing rivals.