[lit-ideas] Iran crisis and Constitutional usurpation
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:16:10 -0700 (PDT)
During the 2004 election, George W. Bush famously
proclaimed that he didn't have to ask anyone's
permission to defend America. Does that mean he can
attack Iran without having to ask Congress? A new
Congressional resolution being drafted by
Representative Peter DeFazio, a Democrat from Oregon,
can be a vehicle to remind Bush that he can't.
Bush is calling news reports of plans to attack Iran
"wild speculation" and declaring that the United
States is on a "diplomatic" track. But asked this week
if his options included planning for a nuclear strike,
he repeated that "all options are on the table."
The President is acting as if the decisions that may
get us into another war are his to make and his alone.
So the Iran crisis poses not only questions of
military feasibility and political wisdom but of
Constitutional usurpation.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060508/attack_iran
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