Reid wants Senate oversight before the President can protect the people of the United States Of America, "ROTS OF RUCK" Harry!
2007-01-19 12:14:27 · 12 answers · asked by The Real Bill Clinton 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Another liberal genius at work! When do they start the investigations on his real estate deals?
2007-01-19 12:19:45 · answer #1 · answered by Bawney 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
He claims that the Commander-in-chief cannot order strikes on Iran because only Congress has the power to declare war, according to the constitution. If the President acts unconstitutionally, then the Congress can impeach and remove him from office.
Congress never declared war on Iraq, however, Congress gave the President the power to use military force in order to enforce UN Resolution 1441. I do not agree that this is the same as declaring war, but none-the-less, Congress authorized the use of force.
It is called Checks and Balances. Why would we want one person to have the power to declare war on anyone that they want? How is that good for America?
By the way, Iran is no threat to America. Even if Iran had nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them, they would not attack the United States. The Soviet Union did not attack us, China has not attacked us, Pakistan (a fundamentalist Islamic State) has not attacked us.
Our nuclear deterrent is far to powerful to make any ruler of any country even think about launching a nuclear strike at the United States or to think about selling or giving a nuclear weapon to "terrorists" for them to sneak it over here and set it off. They know that we would find out who was responsible by the type of devise that was used and the grade and type of plutonium or uranium that was used.
Iran is no threat. Iraq was not a threat. The entire Middle East is not a threat. We need to stop buying into the administration's fear mongering.
2007-01-19 12:33:06 · answer #2 · answered by Marcus 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Constitution does not give the president unilateral authority to attack another nation; however, I am cognizant of precedents that allow modern day presidents to side-step congressional authorization, but at all times, Congress has been kept in the loop and it was never anything as serious as to bring the United States to the brink of war, like an attack on Iran would be.
2007-01-19 12:20:22 · answer #3 · answered by Jackson Leslie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Please read the Constitution; the definition of treason as well; and, quit misrepresenting the bill as including some tin-foil hat wearing slack-jawed republican paranoia provision that would prevent it from being overturned. Be better than the typical republican liar. If the truth doesn't work then, well, just lose. No shame in fighting a good HONEST fight. But the lying is just silly and most of us here know the truth anyway. Whether we choose to tell it or not.
2016-05-23 23:03:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the Constitution grants war-time powers to the president only through the Congress.
Besides, attacking Iran is the worst idea (ever). They actually have a real military (unlike Iraq or Afghanistan), a vast geography, 1000x more people, and nukes. Yes, we eventually would win but only after hundreds of thousands of deaths (on both sides). Hardly seems worth it.
2007-01-19 12:20:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it's funny that the other day I saw a Democrat talking about President Bush over stepping that checks and balances that we have installed in our country, yet here we have a Democrat wanting to do the same thing.
Hypocrisy
Everything's great if it applies to me
Like the right we have of speech that's free
Say what you want, just not 'bout me
2007-01-19 12:21:54 · answer #6 · answered by The Cult of Personality 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sent him some of my homegrown special blend and he got a little confused. Our war President has the power to do whatever he wants in Iraq, for now.
2007-01-19 12:17:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
because iran did not declare war on the usa and this is not nazi germany yet although george bush and his cronies act like nazi's.with their lets free the world in the name of democracey schtick. i say live and live if they really harm us fire a nuke from a submarine at them case closed. they wont bother us agian
2007-01-19 12:55:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It would need authorization from Congress. We are not at war with Iran-Yet!
They are, however, at war with us!
2007-01-19 12:19:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Beacuse the neo-libs have no idea how the government works.
2007-01-19 12:19:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋