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Originally Posted by Anikdote
I understood what you said quite clearly hence why I posted the link that I did. I suppose I should have written that out explicitly so that you could understand it.
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Your link means nothing to me. I already know what Congress did and what the President did to get the requirments to go to war with Iraq. I don't need a link telling me that. Nonetheless, Congress can't do what they did. They shift the power to the President so as to take off blame if things go bad. It's wrong.
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Originally Posted by Anikdote
No, but last time I checked we still don't need approval from UN for any action anywhere, we are a free and sovereign nation free to take action against targets we feel are a threat to national security. Just because we bring an issue before the UN does not mean that we hang our decisions based on their guidence. The reasons for not trusting this organization should be made quit clear by the Oil for food scandal. We not only created the UN but we pay about $5 Billion of our tax payer dollars just to keep it afloat, add that to the fact it's on our soil... pssh. Tell me why we shouldn't just absolve the soap box for international rapscallions. |
Again, you don't have to tell me that the United Nations sucks. I don't like the UN. I want out of the UN. That being said, again, we hold countries accountable, but when countries try to hold us accountable, we snub our noses at them.
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Originally Posted by Anikdote
So you accused us of violating the constitution because Congress didn't vote for the use of force, and I post a link of the vote where congress passed the vote to use force. So either your trying to talk me in circles or your not connecting the dots. In either case I don't think I have the gumption to make the case any simpler for you.
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Congress did not declare war. That is a violation of the United States Constitution. They can't just give the "authorization for force". That's just political nonsense and has been since 1945.