> Sam wrote: > > 1.) Everyone didn't have access to all reports from all sources - > > there's only one place for that, the Whitehouse. >
Uh, oh I forgot you're a Whitehouse insider. Of course they didn't - nobody does except the Whitehouse then and now. Only a congressional war council can get access to such information and this wasn't that. > > > > 3.) The vote in the senate was to give the President the *authority* > > to go to war, not to go to war. This was done because, at the time, > > it was felt that that would give Mr. Bush more leverage - not because > > they actually thought he would defy the UN and go to war. > > That's just stupid > Then you're just stupid - how can the President threaten war if congress must approve it? The idea was to give Mr. Bush a big enough stick to scare off the bad guys. Unfortunately he wielded it irresponsibly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:180899 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
