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topic= | 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.'"