Boards,
40 percent of the Dems in the HOR voted to go to war and a hell of a lot more inn the Senate did so as well.
The Iraq War Resolution gave President George W. Bush congressional approval “to use the Armed Forces of the United States” against Iraq. More specifically, President Bush was authorized to use military force “as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to (1) defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and (2) enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq.”
When the Senate passed the resolution – at 12:50 a.m. on October 11, 2002 – it was less than 12 hours after the House did (at 3:05 p.m. on October 10). Despite the gravity of the actions that the resolution authorized the president to take (i.e. invade a sovereign nation, unilaterally, if necessary), Congress couldn’t seem to get the bill approved fast enough.
The entire world was on board as well with the UN authorizing force against Iraq.
As further evidence of Congress’s strong agreement with the resolution, it passed both houses with wide margins: 296 to 133 in the House and 77 to 23 in the Senate.
- See more at: http://blog.legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/legal-research/today-2002-congress-approves-iraq-war-resolution/#sthash.gRuz3kp1.dpuf
To blame it al on neocons means that your party leaders were weak. Is that your stance now? We're the Dems not having enough balls to stand up to Bush and say, "Hell no!" Is that what you are portraying here in front of this entire forum? Hmmm.
40 percent of the Dems in the HOR voted to go to war and a hell of a lot more inn the Senate did so as well.
The Iraq War Resolution gave President George W. Bush congressional approval “to use the Armed Forces of the United States” against Iraq. More specifically, President Bush was authorized to use military force “as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to (1) defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and (2) enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq.”
When the Senate passed the resolution – at 12:50 a.m. on October 11, 2002 – it was less than 12 hours after the House did (at 3:05 p.m. on October 10). Despite the gravity of the actions that the resolution authorized the president to take (i.e. invade a sovereign nation, unilaterally, if necessary), Congress couldn’t seem to get the bill approved fast enough.
The entire world was on board as well with the UN authorizing force against Iraq.
As further evidence of Congress’s strong agreement with the resolution, it passed both houses with wide margins: 296 to 133 in the House and 77 to 23 in the Senate.
- See more at: http://blog.legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/legal-research/today-2002-congress-approves-iraq-war-resolution/#sthash.gRuz3kp1.dpuf
To blame it al on neocons means that your party leaders were weak. Is that your stance now? We're the Dems not having enough balls to stand up to Bush and say, "Hell no!" Is that what you are portraying here in front of this entire forum? Hmmm.