What's up with this? Did President Bush associate Iraq with al-Qaeda in order to satisfy the requirements of the War Powers Resolution so that he wouldn't have to go to them for permission to go to war?
SEC. 2. (c)
The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.
Or did I miss him going to the hill and asking for a declaration of war?
Here is a nice summary of the issues (posted before we actually went to war).
Posted by artandscience at February 13, 2004 09:01 AM