Are the American people being primed and program for an invasion into Iran? Would you support an invasion?

Question

Democrats Question Bush's Authority on Iran
By DAVID ESPO
AP
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that President Bush lacks the authority to invade Iran without specific approval from Congress , a fresh challenge to the commander in chief on the eve of a symbolic vote critical of his troop buildup in Iraq .

Pelosi, D-Calif., noted that Bush consistently said he supports a diplomatic resolution to differences with Iran "and I take him at his word."

At the same time, she said, "I do believe that Congress should assert itself, though, and make it very clear that there is no previous authority for the president, any president, to go into Iran."

Pelosi spoke in an interview in the Capitol as lawmakers plowed through a third day of marathon debate in the House on a nonbinding measure opposing the administration's plan to increase troop strength in Iraq - and as Democrats readied a more provocative challenge to the president.

That included drafting legislation to require the Pentagon to meet certain standards for training and equipping the troops, as well fixing the time that military units must be given at home between deployments. "That stops the surge (in troops) for all intents and purposes, because ......they cannot sustain the deployment," said Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, who said he would attach the conditions to legislation providing nearly $100 billion for the military.

Republicans quickly fired back. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the GOP leader, issued a statement saying the plan would "pull the rug out from under American troops in the combat zone by cutting off their reinforcements and forcing them to face the enemy without our full support."

Answer 1

Don't be so quick to say that Americans are being "primed" or "programmed". We are free thinkers, and we are able to reason things out for ourselves.

If Iran becomes a threat to the national security of the United States, and our leadership deems this threat to be unacceptable, then it is the duty of every American to support action against those threats. Do we want war? No. We didn't want Iraq or Afghanistan, but it was necessary. And if Iran becomes a threat, we will deal with them also.

Answer 2

The American people can no more influence George W. Bush than Congress, George isn't running for re-election. Aerial bombardment without an invasion of Iran is well within the President's power with or without Congress's approval. If the Iranian situation doesn't significantly improve, and it doesn't appear it will, the U.S. almost has to attack Iran, or accept a Vietnam like withdrawal. If the destruction of the Lebanese infra-structure by the Israeli air force can be spun into a victory for Hezbollah, Islamic propaganda will have a field day with an American retreat.

No Congressman/woman will refuse funding to our troops, Bush knows this, which is why he surged 20,000 more of them over to the Middle East. Should Iran become the next Iraq, the horror will be ten fold with possible intervention by the Russians or the Chinese, both of whom do business with Iran.

To answer your question, no I think an invasion of Iran is a catastrophe in terms of human life and a mistake from a military standpoint. I have no clue what the correct course of action may be, because withdrawal (cutting and running) isn't going to end the war, it will just change the battlefield.

Prayer works for me, if you have a better idea, lets hear it.

Answer 3

well i don't think that the new balance of power in washington let this happend. Any military action against Iran is highly dangerous for the US forces, first of all Iran is three times the lenght of irak and more population, US forces even can't control iraq, in the other hand iran have the bigest coast shore in the persian gulf (iran =persia, persian gulf, their gulf) and they can hit USN aircraft carriers from there with their new missiles, the shii group of iraq would rise in mass against the us forces in iraq and the backward of the us army would be in terrible risk, iran have an almost unlimited supply of weapons fron the north border. Russia is supply them with weapons like the new TOR missile system that can hit the F-117 the B-2 and even the tomahawks. Russia and China are giving weapons to iran to stop the usa moves in the middle east and get the oil of iraq and iran for their own companies. it was obvious fron the begining that iran would be the bigest power in the region when us destroy the saddam and well babylon is always an unresistible dish for a hungry persian empire, it happend before with cyrus and with the sassaninds and is happening again with the awful strategic mistake of Bush, without the taleban and without saddam and with a every day bigger and bigger debt of the US and their failure at fight guerrila warfare they shouldnt attack iran, well if they dont want to find their own battle of hadrianople in persia and see the final rise of china to the top of the power in the world

Answer 4

I think an invasion is unlikely. But an airstrike on the nuclear facilities there may happen at any time in the next few weeks if Iran does not start cooperating with the UN.

And Bush does not need permission to authorize this strike if he believes it is in America's best interest.

If I lived in Iran I would be moving my family away from the nuclear and military facilities there.

Answer 5

John Boehner is right, this is exactly what the Democrats wants to do, only proves Democrats do not support the Troops. As for Murtha, this stupid idiot.
The people wanted this because they voted to keep him in office when this is what was going on. How did you and your Democrats react? Well, you continually said that the election was not a mandate on the war or on his Presidency. You continued to block judicial nominations, you tried to close Gitmo, you softened the way we question terrorists, you had our soldiers arrested and tried while the animal Muslims who cut off heads and dismembered our soldiers were never pursued, and you continually talked about cutting and running. You let that idiot Murtha lead you around by your pointy little noses and tell America that you all wanted to cut and run, all this against the will of the people who reelected Bush to continue the war.

You can not have it both ways Harry. You need to either consider all elections mandates on what the person being elected is doing (or wants to do) or you need to consider elections as generalities with no one reason for the outcome. You and those small minded jackasses with whom you work want to believe that America made some kind of mistake electing Bush and that it is only through the leadership of the Democratic party can we common folk be set on the right path. Yes Harry, you, Kerry, Pelosi, Kennedy, and Clinton all know what is best for the masses. You know best how to spend OUR money. You know best how we should live our lives, what kind of vehicles we should drive and what we should sacrifice in the name of the almighty Democrat. Well screw you and the rest of them.

In case you all have forgotten this, you work for us. We do not work for you. We have the power to put you in office and to remove you. NONE OF YOU HAVE THAT POWER. We are your employers and we pay your salaries. We do not need you to tell us what is best and we do not need you voting on meaningless items that waste time and money.
I agree with Zell Miller. We should still be able to challenge people to a duel. I would slap Reid in the face with a gauntlet and challenge him to draw pistols at 10 paces. I might be able to get 3 rounds through the same hole before he hits the ground. I guess in all fairness he should pick the weapons. But then again he would probably just cut and run.

Since we are not able to duel I will just say that Harry Reid is an ignorant little man with few scruples who is involved in unethical behavior with regard to land deals and the gifts he receives. He does not care about our troops and this waste of time shows how far he will go to denigrate their sacrifices. He should be removed from office and placed in a jail. I know of one in Cuba where they would take real good care of him.

Answer 6

If they think this one is going to work they are in for a big surprise. The people will not put up with continued misuse of the powers entrusted to those in Washington. They have intentionally lied to start this war. I supported the invasion of Iraq. I was pro republican and saw our nation as red and blue. When they found no WMD I was really surprised. Shocked they could be so completely wrong. Then I began to doubt the republican party although I did not despise them as I have despised the democratic party for decades. After three additional years of unconstitutional shame and treachery I now despise the Republicans. I understand that socialism can take two forms: communist or fascism. Neither one is American but I know the constitution is America in it's truest sense. I now understand we live in a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC not a democracy and the difference is crucial. Let's get back to constitutional government. We must for our children's sakes.

Oh by the way..

9/11 WAS an inside job. Check it our for yourself and have the integrity to face the ugly truth.

Answer 7

Absolutely we are. Bush is setting everything up for an 'encounter' with Iran. Especially with his recent statement saying the troops can engage Iranians they ONLY SUSPECT of helping Iraqi insurgents...

Answer 8

As you already know George, I was one of the few saying we should have never went into Iraq BEFORE we went in. Now were sending in 20,000 more troops of whom some of them will lose their lives and for what? Were not looking for Osama because we know he isn't in Iraq so why are we there? Now this idiot wants to go to Iran? You wonder why these groups want to hurt the US? It's because were going in to places we shouldn't be! If we stay out of their business, they WILL stay out of ours.
Most Americans now see the mistake we made by going into Iraq, why compound it with another mistake?

Answer 9

I don't know about primed but we're not prepared to Invade Iran. WE are willing though. Bush has the authority to invade Iran. He does not have the authority to declare war. If the Iranians do not allow inspectors in, like they agreed to, we should have the right to bomb them. I would like to see France take the lead, since Bush disgraced America in the Iraq war. My belief is the same as Bush Senior. Blow up the enemy so they can't hurt us, but its not our place to choose their leader. NO occupation, just good old carpet bombing, until either they have no facilities capable of making bombs and missile that can threaten us, or until they start following the nonproliferation agreement they signed.

Answer 10

Do you honestly think that the present administration gives a holy flip about the people's support or their feelings about anything at all--let alone the policies and procedures that they have on the drawing board to farther their designs within the region that is now being built up for exactly the thing that you are talking about----war with Iran ?

So, that being the case, it can be said that the position of attacking Iran is being SOLD to people to lessen the coming back lash of people's horror at what is to come---because it is NOT going to be pretty !! And, what is to be in IRAN is not the end of it yet--- there are several other things that will come of this that people are simply not being told !! And, all of this is transpiring because people have seen fit to chase after private "thrills" while all the time "allowing" the government to situate itself into a position of dictating our wishes TO us ---counter to the position that it was set in motion to occupy which is a position of accomplishing OUR wishes and needs FOR us !!!