Slow to Learn
Our Democratic representative in Congress made a terrible mistake in 2003, by allowing Bush to seize the power to invade Iraq. Some Democratic members of Congress haven’t learned from that mistake, because they’re again tagging along with the Republicans.
By defeating the Kyl-Lieberman amendment Democrats had an opportunity to show real leadership and lead the way in opposing military action against Iran. Unfortunately, they failed. If Democrats are going to be imprudent, when it comes to going to war, then how are they any better than Bush?
Declaring war has always been the most important question that would face our country. Our founding fathers addressed that question at the Constitutional Convention. They had two choice, either give that power to the President or give it to Congress. George Washington, who led the Constitutional Convention, said that under no circumstances should a President have the power to declare war and it should go to the Congress.
By invading Iraq, Bush ignored Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution, which states the power to declare war belongs to the Congress. Members of the Constitutional Convention recognized the danger of giving the power to declare war to one man. Instead, the founding fathers gave it to Congress for deliberation, because they represent the whole country. That power cannot be delegated to a President. Congress must not delegate it’s responsibility with a resolution, because the decision is too hot for them to handle.
The Kyl-Lieberman amendment gave Bush the authorization to attack the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Bush failed to tell the truth about the reason we invaded Iraq. He was wrong about how many troops we needed. He was wrong about how we would be greeted. He was wrong about the civil war, wrong about how much it would cost, wrong about how long it would last. Nevertheless, many of our Democratic representatives in Congress voted to give Bush passive approval to start another war.
Presently, Bush can claim that because both the Senate and House has urged that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard be designated a terrorist organization and they’re associated with al Qaeda, he doesn’t need to go back to the Congress.
By defeating the Kyl-Lieberman amendment Democrats had an opportunity to show real leadership and lead the way in opposing military action against Iran. Unfortunately, they failed. If Democrats are going to be imprudent, when it comes to going to war, then how are they any better than Bush?
Declaring war has always been the most important question that would face our country. Our founding fathers addressed that question at the Constitutional Convention. They had two choice, either give that power to the President or give it to Congress. George Washington, who led the Constitutional Convention, said that under no circumstances should a President have the power to declare war and it should go to the Congress.
By invading Iraq, Bush ignored Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution, which states the power to declare war belongs to the Congress. Members of the Constitutional Convention recognized the danger of giving the power to declare war to one man. Instead, the founding fathers gave it to Congress for deliberation, because they represent the whole country. That power cannot be delegated to a President. Congress must not delegate it’s responsibility with a resolution, because the decision is too hot for them to handle.
The Kyl-Lieberman amendment gave Bush the authorization to attack the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Bush failed to tell the truth about the reason we invaded Iraq. He was wrong about how many troops we needed. He was wrong about how we would be greeted. He was wrong about the civil war, wrong about how much it would cost, wrong about how long it would last. Nevertheless, many of our Democratic representatives in Congress voted to give Bush passive approval to start another war.
Presently, Bush can claim that because both the Senate and House has urged that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard be designated a terrorist organization and they’re associated with al Qaeda, he doesn’t need to go back to the Congress.
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home