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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Everyone also likes to conveniently forget that Bush was only implementing the existing law of the land - enacted during the Clinton Administration:
Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (PL 105-338)
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Did you bother reading that act all the way to the end?
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SEC. 8. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize or otherwise speak to the use of United States Armed Forces (except as provided in section 4(a)(2)) in carrying out this Act.
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In case you've forgotten what 4(a)(2) says:
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SEC. 4. ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT A TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ.
(a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE- The President may provide to the Iraqi democratic opposition organizations designated in accordance with section 5 the following assistance:
(2) MILITARY ASSISTANCE
(A) The President is authorized to direct the drawdown of defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense, defense services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training for such organizations.
(B) The aggregate value (as defined in section 644(m) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961) of assistance provided under this paragraph may not exceed $97,000,000.
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If a GA wrote a memo saying that this act authorized the invasion of Iraq, the commitment of several hundred thousand troops, and the spending of several hundred billion dollars, I would fire him and alert the carrier.
Of course, if a GA wrote that memo to Bush, Bush would promote him and ask him to write another memo on what torture means and why the President can order it.
