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| | |author=Jeremy Brecher, Brendan Smith | ||
|source=The Nation | |source=The Nation | ||
|date=April 21, 2006 | |||
|url=http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060508/attack_iran | |url=http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060508/attack_iran | ||
|quote="But the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive war, as laid out in the 2002 National Security Strategy of the United States and reiterated in 2006, claims for the President the power to attack other countries--like Iran--simply because he asserts they pose a threat. It thereby removes the decision of war and peace from Congress and gives it the President. It is, as Senator Robert Byrd put it, 'unconstitutional on its face.'" | |||
|quote= "But the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive war, as laid out in the 2002 National Security Strategy of the United States and reiterated in 2006, claims for the President the power to attack other countries--like Iran--simply because he asserts they pose a threat. It thereby removes the decision of war and peace from Congress and gives it the President. It is, as Senator Robert Byrd put it, 'unconstitutional on its face.'" | |||
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Author(s) | Jeremy Brecher, Brendan Smith |
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Source | The Nation |
Date | April 21, 2006 |
URL | http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060508/attack_iran |
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This item argues against the position United States should attack Iran on the topic Iranian nuclear crisis.