White House Will Fight For War Powers

[babylonsister]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/23/iraq/main2509068.shtml?source=RSSattr=Politics_2509068

White House Will Fight For War Powers
Bush Will Stand His Ground If Democrats Try To Revoke 2002 Authorization


"They can spin all they want, but the fact is that President Bush is ignoring a bipartisan majority of Congress, his own military commanders and the American public in escalating the war.
Jim Manley, spokesman, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid


(CBS/AP) The White House said Friday it would oppose any attempt by Senate Democrats to revoke the 2002 congressional resolution authorizing the war in Iraq and to restrict U.S. troops to a limited mission as they prepared to withdraw.

The Bush administration argued that changes in the resolution were unnecessary even though it was drafted in the days when Saddam Hussein was in power and there was an assumption — later proved false — that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. The White House said Democrats were in a state of confusion about Iraq.

"There's a lot of ... shifting sands in the Democrats' position right now," deputy White House press secretary Tony Fratto said. "It's hard to say exactly what their position is."

Earlier in the day, the same White House spokesperson had said that any effort by Congress to revoke the president's authority to wage war in Iraq was hypothetical, reports CBS News correspondent Mark Knoller, but as the day progressed, so did the message.

Jim Manley, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, said of the White House, "They can spin all they want, but the fact is that President Bush is ignoring a bipartisan majority of Congress, his own military commanders and the American public in escalating the war.


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[Demeter]

1. And What Ground Will Bush Stand On?

He'll be lucky if he ever sets foot in Crawford again, or any other state of the Union, now that the chickens are coming home.

[demnan]

2. Nancy P - you hear this?

ain't it time to put the evil dreaded I-word back on the table, hon?

[ohioINC]

3. please let me be wrong but.....

There will be attacks by Iranian operatives on US soil using IED'S. The war will begin and the US public and goverment will rally around the flag.

[Atman]

4. Actually, they're going the Israel proxy route

In a little-seen "breaking news" alert early this morning on Cabal News Network, it was reported that Israel had asked the United States to clear an air corridor into Iran for them to take out Iran's nuclear facilities.

It won't be the United States...even BushCo understands the ramifications of this. We'll be using Israel to do our dirty work. Either way, the invasion/bombing of Iran WILL happen. Bush could give a fuck what anyone thinks.

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