On Apr 24, 4:58=A0pm, * US * wrote:
> http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/news/010702.html
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While Congress did vote to go to war in October 2002, they gave
absolute power to the president to declare war on anyone he determined
was responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks, according to WALL.
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One's confidence is not enhanced by this statement, since it is false.
http://www.c-span.org/resources/pdf/hjres114.pdf
"(a) AUTHORIZATION.=97The President is authorized to use the
Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary
and appropriate in order to=97
(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. "
Notice that it refers to Iraq, not whomever he pleases it to be.
> http://www.albionmonitor.com/0402a/iraqwarunconstitutional.html
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The United States Congress never voted for the Iraq war. Rather,
Congress voted for a resolution in October 2002 which unlawfully
transferred to the president the decision-making power of whether to
launch a first-strike invasion of Iraq.
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The wording of the Use of Force authorization plainly declares war,
and gives the President the option of not going forward with it if
cir***stances permit.
"(a) AUTHORIZATION.=97The President is authorized to use the
Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary
and appropriate in order to=97
(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. "
=46rom the moment it passed the president was authorized to use the
armed forces against Iraq.
