Basically, you dont even authorize force, unless you've ALREADY reached your last resort.
"We are going to smoke you if you dont do A, B, and C".
You'd better of exhausted all other options for achieving A, B, and C before ever making this statement, and you'd better be prepared to kick ass if any aren't met. Congress should have known exactly what they were doing when they cast the votes authorizing force.
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From: Howie Hamlin
To: CF-Community
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: Kerry would of gone to Iraq too?
It all boils down to the speak softly and carry a big stick policy. Congress authorizing force can be a means of driving home a point - "hey, if you don't straighten out then we're gonna kick your a__"
Congressional authorization of force was intended to be a way of getting Iraq to completely comply and we were only supposed to attack Iraq once a coalition was in place. War should always be the last resort and not predicated on flimsy evidence from someone like Chalibi who has ulterior motives.
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