Bush Has no Authority To Launch War With Iran

From AOL NEWS:      

Associated Press  |   LAURIE KELLMAN  |   January 19, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic leaders in Congress lobbed a warning shot Friday at the White House not to launch an attack against Iran without first seeking approval from lawmakers.
"The president does not have the authority to launch military action in Iran without first seeking congressional authorization," Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid , D-Nev., told the National Press Club.

    Last week, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joseph Biden, D-Del., challenged the president's ability to make such a move. In a letter to Bush, Biden asked the president to explain whether the administration believes it could attack Iran or Syria "without the authorization of Congress, which does not now exist."

   I do not see President Bush explaining anything to anybody since he thinks that he is the king of the United States. I would bet that if bothered with such a trivial thing as the Constitution, he would just invent a signing statement to get rid of the problem!     Entire Article

 

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The Iraq War Monetary Cost

House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt, D-S.C. says that the war in Iraq has cost the United States taxpayers $379 billion to date and is expected to cost another $140 billion this year. This year's tab alone is thus nearly three times as much as former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the whole war would cost before it started.

    Want to read more? Then check out The Denver Post.

Pay attention to the 4th  from the last paragraph.

 

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