jim flanegin wrote: > Apparently Bush has decided that *killing* the Iraqi civilian > population will comply with UN resolution 688. After all the > Iraqi civilian population can't be repressed if they're dead, > right? > Bush isn't *killing* any Iraqi civilians, Jim. The terrorists kill Iraqi civilians. 296 U.S. Representatives voted in favor of the resolution to use force to unseat Saddam. What kind of word games are you trying to play?
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002: That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force
