Why say something in a paragraph when you can write a small book, says I.

The former.

Simple Answers To Simple Questions makes its CFLF debut.

re: Congress – the US Congress hasn’t formally ‘declared‘ war since WWII. Instead, the Congress has issued ‘authorizations of force’, eg, the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, or the still-ongoing (ie, open-ended) post-9/11 AUMF (which some have speculated the Bush admin umay claim an attack on Iran would fall under. Kyle already delved into the ‘GWOT’ angle re: the terrorist designation of the Revolutionary Guard. Will Bunch further explains how the AUMF may have premptively marginalized Congress with regards to military action against Iran.

While Iwon’t speak for Matt, I personally oppose war with Iran and war with Iran because Bush wants it. The first is simply because war is not warranted. Granted, Hawks won’t believe this, but, and I wrote this in more detail in previous posts, in fact, your best bet is to just use the search function (which works great for this site btw). The point is, war should be a last resort, and not an adventure of choice. The evidence and again, I’ve been tracking the evidence very closely, against Iran has been flimsy at best, and just yesterday a pretty devestating counter argument to the proxy war meme has been produced.

As for the nuclear weapons. A) We have them,and instead of working towards halting nuclear weapons production, Bush actually made more, therefore, he can’t bitch. B)Iran actually has an established history of using nuclear power, which means that when they say their enrichment processes are for power not weapon purposes, it’s plausible, and C) the IAEA has not finished its investigation yet, and has thus far been positive in its reports about Iran’s cooperation, this would be in direct contrast with US and French leaders who say Iran’s not cooperating…. WEird. D) Even if they do develop nuclear weapons, a prominent (and I’ve yet to read the full article) retired general has just come out and said that we as a global community can deal with that.

I’m against the Iran war because Bush wants it as well, though. It is, most times,irrational to discount a policy because of the person putting it forth, but Bush is special. Bush has proven that he cannot be trusted. He cannot be trusted to make an honest case for war if it is needed, and he cannot be trusted to wage that war competently. He has shown nothing but disdain for the constitution and the opinion of the very people that put him in office. So, no, personally, since impeachment won’t happen, I think it is best for America and the world if Bush is removed from all responsibilities (as well as the Arch Chancelor) and kept around merely for photo ops.

Thanks for stopping by Joe.

by matttbastard

I’ve decided to post my more foreign/US affairs-type pieces exclusively @ Comments From Left Field, and utilize bastard.logic for teh Canadiana, feminista, identity-politicking, reproductive freedomz and overall far-left social …