Congressional approval did not require UN approval, UN approval would
have been required to have UN troops contribute to this, preferable
under the US Military's control.
John Hermanson wrote:
> 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:
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>> 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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