I believe the Congressional approval for action in Iraq required Bush to
go to the United Nations for a vote. Bush violated that and did not go
for the vote because he knew Russia and China would say "no".
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Chris Barker wrote:
> I understand the principle of the separation of powers, Robert, but
> there are, as I understand it, many ways for the Executive to
> circumvent them. For instance, the President may not declare war
> without Congressional support. But since he is C in C (I shiver
> internally at the thought of his being my C in C!) he can order
> military action without declaring war. I believe that that happened
> both in Vietnam and in Iraq.
>
> Certainly the continued occupation of a foreign state needs
> Congressional support in the form of funding, but that is much easier
> to organise since the poor troops are already engaged ...
>
> Chris
>
> On 19 Jun 2008, at 20:42, Robert Burnette wrote:
>
>> The President didn't start the Iraq War. Congress did. He isn't
>> keeping us there. Congress is.
>
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