But the President is Commander-In-Chief. He REALLY DOES NOT need the approval of the Congress for military action. The role of the executive is to have an immediate decision to cut through the beurocracy. Imagine if there was a decision to be made immediately and you assembled 535 people who disagree to make that decision?
Anyway, the President has decide that he's not going to withdraw troops from Iraq, he's going to send more. Now if the Dems decide they want to restrict funding, the only thing they will succeed in doing is putting those additional troops in greater danger. Maybe more deaths is what Dems are going for to help the insurgents break the spine of the American people. Personally I think that is treasonous.
2007-02-18 07:25:03 · 6 answers · asked by Celebrate Life 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Alright, we've already heard from Aaron Russo's representative thanks though.
2007-02-18 08:24:17 · update #1
You don't need to declare war to have military action. War only expands the powers of the Executive not enable them.
2007-02-18 08:25:47 · update #2
1993, Somalia. Clinton (without needing to goto Congress to declare war) Deploys more troops to Somalia to stop the killing of PEacekeeps and foreign aid workers. Clinton begins military action against criminal warlords. Clinton refuses to give the troops the full support they need to accomplish the mission they are ordered to do. The mission fails. Peacekeeping forces, US troops and foreign aid workers die. They are withdrawn... Somalia continues to suffer through famine, drought, and war.
2007-02-18 08:35:41 · update #3
Congress doesn't have the power to withdraw the troops. However, they can decide not to give them their full support (funding), but then they are just setting these soldiers up to fail.
2007-02-18 08:37:09 · update #4
The main goal of the Democrats is to demonize President Bush, not get our soldiers out of Iraq, and they are willing to sacrifice the US military to achieve that goal. Here's a quote from Bill Clinton that illustrates the opinion of liberals regarding the people who protect the freedom they claim to love, " I loathe the military". This quote was taken from a letter he wrote during his draft dodger days, and considering what he did to our military while he was President, his attitude has not changed.
If you hate the people who keep America free, vote for Hillary. She will continue the work done by Bill. After all, we know she stands by her man no matter who kneels in front of him.
2007-02-20 03:40:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Democrats are after FEWER deaths, that's why they want to bring the troops home.
The President may be Commander in Chief but he does not get carte blanche. The Constitution says that CONGRESS has the power to declare war, and subsequent acts, such as the War Powers Act of 1973, require the President to get Congressional approval later for what actions he takes on his own.
2007-02-18 15:34:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Congress restricted funding in the early 1970s to stop the Vietnam war (the last US military disaster with an insurgent war) and it quickly ended the war in Vietnam without hurting any US troops. In fact it save thousands of US troop lives because it got them out of that hell hole which is exactly what Iraq has become & is exactly why Democrats want to pull them out. Do you think it's treason to want to save US troops lives for a war Bush f**ked up from the very start?
2007-02-18 15:36:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Constitutionally the branch of government responsible for declaring war is the legislative, not the executive. That even applies to the War Powers Act. I don't know where you got the impression that congress has no say. They have THE say.
2007-02-18 15:32:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
But but but we haven't finished the job Bill Clinton began, regime change in Iraq. 31Oct1998 Iraq Liberation Act http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/libera.htm
I thought Dems had made up their minds back 8-9 years ago, at least according to what they'd said.
2007-02-18 23:53:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
my god here i will copy and paste my answer for all democrat vs. republican question
that is a bunch of garbage there is no liberal vs conservative democrat vs republican its two heads of the same hydra both sides are working to destroy the middle class our rights and serve corporate fascism and the banking elite who controls our fiat currency and federal reserve that is a privet bank
2007-02-18 15:31:21 · answer #6 · answered by newusrevolution 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋