Reply #9: That's too easy - but repugs will still whine about it [View All]

Here's the FACTS.

The vote in Congress was not authorizing the President for war. It was not a resolution taken under the "War Powers Act" and it was not Congress excercising their Constitutional duty to declare war. This is evidenced by the fact that we never did officially declare war on Iraq. Only then could it be said that anyone voted "for the war."

What the Congress voted for was a non-binding resolution authorizing the President to use force in Iraq IF ALL OTHER AVENUES FAILED including weapons inspectors, United Nations, NATO, and diplomatic negotiations.

Since no diplomatic relations were attempted and Bush yanked the weapons inspectors (since they found nothing), and the UN was snookered by Powell's speech and the waving of a fake vial of "anthrax" around (he has since admitted his speech was full of lies), then Bush reneged on his promise to exhaust all avenues before commencing with "Shock and Awe."

In fact, the troops were on their way to Kuwait before the Congress even voted.

So, the Democrats, after hearing cooked up evidence (they did not see the same as Bush did, they saw the doctored version), and after agreeing that force could be used after all avenues were exhausted, did vote for the resolution.

They should have never trusted Bush to begin with.