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Bush signs Iraq Order
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[url="http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20021016-050222-7383r"]http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20021016-050222-7383r[/url]
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[b]That title is a little misleading. Bush has signed no order of action against Iraq. What the article is actually referring to is an act of Congress which grants Bush the ability to send troops against Iraq if he so desires, an act which passed both houses by rather large margins. The act is designed as a fallback plan in case the UN doesn't pass a strongly-worded resolution stating that Iraq must accept weapons inspectors without restriction, and that there will be severe consequences (read: military action, probably along the lines of what Bush has been pushing for) should these inspectors be toyed with as in the past. If this resolution is passed by the UN, then Bush will have no reason to use the powers recently granted him. And, since the powers apply only to this situation, they will then silently disappear again.
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heh heh... Shades of Senator Palpatine... hah hah hah... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
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heh heh... Shades of Senator Palpatine... hah hah hah... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img][/b][/quote]
Too true. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/frown.gif[/img]
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A question to the US citizens...
Isn't the decision to go for war or not to one of the US parliament rather than the government or the president, according to the US Constitution?
Would not giving the decision into the hands of the government/president be a breach of the Constitution?
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is it a breach of the constitution? yes and no. It says that the only branch that can DECLARE war is Congress, not the judicial or the executive. So if congress gives the executive the power to make war on a certain target (this being iraq) then it isnt exactly unconstitutional. This act that they used to pass this was made in the late fifties early sixties, so its not new by any means.
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Now For alot of Countrys.... The have Not been In a Real War Since WW2.
Funny thing is You can tell If a Counrty Wants to goto war or us ready, Buy The size of its Defance Spending, or its Over all Armed Forces Size
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The Indian conflicts, the Civil War, Chasing of Poncho Via and alot of other things were fought with similiar power being granted, along with Whisky Rebellion during Washingtons first term. Those kinds of acts have a long history in the US