Our intelligence-gathering in the Middle East for years has been horrible. Jimmy Carter didn’t believe in foreign surveillance of any kind at any level and cut accordingly. All Reagan cared about was the Russians so he didn’t bother reinstituting any of it either. We’re decades behind the curve on this one. Our own intelligence used to justify the war was gathered under the Clinton administration, but the vast majority of our intel came from Mossad because the Israelis are better at it than anybody else in the world. Go to a government class on terrorism, and it’s taught or put together by an Israeli. The truth that has been revealed for all to see that has also been released for any and everybody to read is that Hussein duped each and every one of his generals (even in regard to each other) because A) he was afraid of Iran, and B) he knew they were being paid well by agencies such as MI-6 and Mossad and figured bluffing about WMD would keep the world off his back. Truly, if the administration deliberately manipulated information to that extent, don’t you think they would have planted WMDs, or even made an issue out of spent chemical ordnance that has been recovered?!

Should we have gone to war with Iraq? No. Read the 9/11 report. Even saying Iraq had minimal involvement is an exaggeration. Terrorists/insurgents/etc. aren’t good for dictatorships. It’s certainly possible and some intelligence has suggested he allowed training in his country, but if that’s the case we should have invaded Iran, Yemen, and even Saudi Arabia many times over by now. Nevertheless, we’re already there so arguing over whether or not we should have gone there in the first place is moot.

When we went to Iraq the first time, Bush Sr.’s people told him if we stayed there we’d have a lengthy insurgency to deal with. For whatever reason Bush Jr. didn’t follow that advice, and Congress/Senate were too lazy to call him out on the floor for it. They’re all at fault.

Be that as it may, the law of unintended consequences has helped us. Al Qaida decided to make Iraq a new front, so suddenly Iraq HAS become a front on the war on terror. McCain wasn’t smart enough to realize we shouldn’t have invaded Iraq, but Obama’s not smart enough to realize how important a front on terror it’s become. I know this isn’t exactly the congress/war thing, but when people want to call Bush/Cheney war criminals I find it usually arises from a misunderstanding of the facts. Surely oil plays a role, it’s not like we’ve lifted a finger in regard to all the other rogue nations out there who are a much bigger threat. Again, though, suddenly everybody realizes how much of a national safety issue oil can be.

Robert NW probably made everyone’s point somewhere in that diatribe.

So I’m sure he made yours, too, somehow.

Exactly without writing a book, Robert NW did and he has made my point for me.

Then, read the Iraqi Resolution.

The Resolution was introduced at Bush’s request, drafted by the White House, and sent to friendly MCs. The testosterone-driven Iraqi invasion was designed on grossly-inflated NIEs (National Intellegence Estimates) and at no time did it involve a threat to America or Americans.

Congress didn’t have the guts to tel Bush what they should’ve: if you bring trumped-up nonsense to us again, we may impeach you.

The information given to them isn’t the problem, 7thDV–it’s the action they took, which may have been many things, but it was not a Declaration of War.

You really oughta think before you type.

I know the contents of our Constitution. Congress was advised and received the same report and information the President received from the CIA director and other officials.

Are you trying to tell me our lazy Congress did not do their own homework before they voted with their power; 435 members of the House and 100 members in the Senate could not verify the informatiom with the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, the CIA, Secret Service, FBI or somebody?

Wrong, after they voted, the Democrats used the Iraq War against President Bush and the Republican Party to win more congressional seats in 2006, purely political, and they assumed no responsibilty for their participation in the decision. To, date, they continue to do so for political gains. Didn’t those dummies know in advance there would be casualties in war? Are was this a setup?

In the fevered rush to get int Iraq, and exact revenge for 9/11, Bush brainwashed an entire nation. We were led to believe the WMD were placed in Iraq by the same folks who bombed the Pentagon and World Trace Center.

Now, we know that was a lie.

So, in essence, Bush used misleading information, or was misled himself.

The Constitution is a tricky thing–if you’re going to quote it, ya gotta know the whole document. And something about the context and history of its authors.

Democrats have failed repeatedly to acknowledge their role and responsibility for the bills they have passed during the past two years under a majority control, and previous votes to declare war, also voted for the budget to fund the war in Iraq.

Americans were warned by presidential candidate Ross Perot regarding the long term effects of NAFTA. Yet, President Clinton signed the NAFTA Agreement into law near the end of his second term in office and jobs went south of the border and out of the country. Neither the Democrats nor labor unions continue to blame Clinton for the loss of manufacturing jobs in this country, they blame President Bush. The full impact of NAFTA manifested under the Bush administration with a failing economy.

The President [Bush] can only sign into law bills passed by Congress or file his objections to bills and send bills back to the House and the Senate for revision. To over ride his veto, a 2/3 vote from Congress is required for the bill to pass, and then sent back to the President for his signature before it becomes law. Yet, the Dems would have Americans think President Bush acted alone.

Only uneducated or illiterate citizens believe the propaganda circulated by the Democrats. Reasons President Bush was elected for a second term. Study the Constitution stupid and quit repeating the dumb stuff!