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Originally Posted by stickyfingerzdotnet
Yes he actually can. Read up on it a bit. Has 90 days to even consult congress.
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that is totally incorrect - he has 48 hours to consult with Congress as per the War Powers Act of 1973 - Congress then has 90 days to authorize it or the President has to remove whatever forces he inserted and congress would remove any financing of the action.
The real reason that no one has taken action on this one is because Congress was so mis-led by the Presidents advisors as the Iraqs seeking WMD and "the mushroom cloud terrorism" scenario, they all just signed off on it
Now if you want to get into the real conspiracy theories - a bunch of people out there believe that the Anthrax attack was designed to further that fear in congress to insure approval of the War powers - it doesnt help that since 9/11 at least 10 of the leading microbioligists in this country have either dissapeared or been found dead (in kinda mysterious circumstances like floating in the Miss River) - and all were the top researchers dealing with biological agents ranging from Anthrax to Flu virii
