Attack Iran, Ignore the Constitution: Difference between revisions

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topic=HypotheticalUnitedStatesAttackOnIran|
topic=Hypothetical United States Attack on Iran|
author=Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith|
author=Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith|
source=The Nation|
source=The Nation|

Revision as of 20:34, July 21, 2006

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"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.'"