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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Given the important constitutional check that Congress is supposed to play in declarations of war, it strikes me as a bit rich to say "all I was doing was letting the president make a decision". Come on--Congress was making a decision in letting the president begin hostilities. It was not a vote give away its power. The vote had a substantive component to it. And Kerry, at the time, believed war was appropriate.
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You people used to say the 9/12 resolution was enough to invade Iraq. That was when we thought several things were true, when none of them were. Barbara Lee is getting the last laugh.
