Reply #21: Contrary to popular opinion, the resolution DID NOT [View All]

Contrary to popular opinion, Dick Gephardt did not give Bush what Bush wanted in Iraq. When one goes past the right wing mainstream Media spin, one discovers that Bush entered office (thanks to five idiotic and immoral Supreme Court judges) with the authority to invade Iraq - and to order the U.S. military to remove Saddam Hussein. The constitution also specifies that the authority to conduct more than limited action in Iraq or elsewhere requires an official war declaration. The alleged war resolution signed by George Bush jr. had only symbolic conditional approval for Iraq and the conditions where things NeoCons despise - International support and a requirement for a real threat. It also blocked NeoCon plans to invade Syria, Iran, Lebanon, etc. Gephardt forced Bush to sign a document that Bush did not want.