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Originally posted by Danny_C
Giving a "war president" authority to go to war is the same as voting for the war, I would think. And it's not like Bush's intentions were a big secret. Plans for unilateral invasion were being discussed all over the media before Congress even cast their votes. Maybe Kerry doesn't watch the news?
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First of all, Bush didn't refer to himself as a "war president" until long after he invaded Iraq, so its not like they were thinking "should we give this war president authority"
Secondly, yes there were plans for a unilateral invasion which is why congress insisted that Bush do this through the U.N. before they voted to give him any authority.
He agreed and then reneged on his deal with congress.
If YOU were watching the news back then you'll remember congress was furious because they felt that Bush should have come back to them again before invading unilaterally, because the gentleman's agreement they had with him stipulated things be done through the U.N. and not unilaterally.
Dubya's lawyers told him that he didn't have to go back to congress again, so he basically flipped the bird to congress and their authority as well as most of the world community.