Post #178

Subject: Re: 545 People

Here’s how I see it:

The Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land and can only be changed by Amendments. The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war.

George W. Bush asked Congress for something against the Constitution – he wanted the power to declare war himself. That is one to blame.

Congress passed a resolution – NOT an Amendment, mind ya – giving Bush the power to declare war. That’s 535 to blame. Well, actually, blame 373 – 156 voted “no,” and three did not vote. I guess the others did not show up for work.

How will the next President prosecute an undeclared war? Will he or she ask Congress to declare war? Will he or she ask for another resolution? Or will he or she just blissfully go ahead?

The Supreme Court let that unConstitutional act stand. That’s nine to blame. Oh, yes, I am well-aware that a lower federal court had ruled that the resolution of Congress was “absolutely binding,” but, Goodness, that is what the Supreme Court is for: to review lower courts’ rulings and decide if the ruling was correct. The Supreme Court declined to review. To not decide is to decide.

Congress gets blamed again that they didn’t immediately impeach the Weasel when he declared war by himself. Oh, yes, “politics” – can’t impeach a popular President, right? Now, Bush is too unpopular to impeach. Whatever happened to doing the right thing – “politics” be damned?

And also blame Congress for gibing a dime for that mess. I wonder if the next President will continue the practice of charging the costs of our foreign policy against our future, adding to the national debt – over $700 billion so far? Where have the fiscal conservatives – who are tooting their own horns over their opposition to the $700 billion bailout – been regarding the Iraq War?

Simply, that is why we are in Iraq, the one problem that could be our undoing. The Iraq War is not making us more secure – indeed, as long as we maintain a military presence in the heart of the Middle East, the 40-year Cold War on Terror can not begin. How can we win the hearts and minds of the jihadists as long as we are killing Arabs? At home, we are bleeding to death, sacrificing blood and treasure and our Constitution – all for the sake of the wrong approach. The truth is, we can not afford McCain’s War.