Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 03/09/07 14:33, judd@wadsworth.org wrote:
> [snip]
>> Congress certainly could have questioned the intelligence; there
>> was some conflicting evidence available publicly that they should have
>> been aware of. Some members of congress did state that they had
>> reservations, but were voting for the resolution because Saddam Hussein
>> would only respond to a threat that had teeth. Whether they actually
>> thought that Bush would seek further authorization before invading is
>> probably impossible to determine at this point.
>
> It doesn't have teeth if you've got to go back *again* and ask for
> permission.
Bypassing checks and balances just sets us up for tyranny.
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