Comments on: War…who chooses? http://www.logipundit.com/2007/04/warwho-chooses.html A Bastion of Reason Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:08:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Rip http://www.logipundit.com/2007/04/warwho-chooses.html#comment-2131 Rip Sun, 29 Apr 2007 02:44:00 +0000 http://www.logipundit.com/blog/?p=1717#comment-2131 Mom – <br/>Thanks for the kind words. I agree that the law is on the side of greater congressional involvement. <br/><br/>Em – <br/>Setting aside your opinion regarding the popularity/wisdom of the recent bill, do you believe it is within the realm of congressional responsibility or an over-reach by the Dems? Mom –
Thanks for the kind words. I agree that the law is on the side of greater congressional involvement.

Em –
Setting aside your opinion regarding the popularity/wisdom of the recent bill, do you believe it is within the realm of congressional responsibility or an over-reach by the Dems?

]]> By: MOM http://www.logipundit.com/2007/04/warwho-chooses.html#comment-2130 MOM Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:29:00 +0000 http://www.logipundit.com/blog/?p=1717#comment-2130 The War Powers Act of 1973:<br/><br/>Both Congress and the President should concur on committing troops. That Congress gave up that right to President Bush for Iraq, it shouldn't automatically ensue that he is not accountable to Congress for the continued deployment of U.S. troops. <br/><br/>Lots of people predicted in 2003 that the result of the war would be another Sadaam-type person taking control of Iraq. If we want to install another Shah-like person, that won't work, either. Been there, done it. Partitioning Iraq would be resisted by most Arabs. (I suggested this to some of them and one would have thought that I was blaspheming.) What is there left to do? The War Powers Act of 1973:

Both Congress and the President should concur on committing troops. That Congress gave up that right to President Bush for Iraq, it shouldn’t automatically ensue that he is not accountable to Congress for the continued deployment of U.S. troops.

Lots of people predicted in 2003 that the result of the war would be another Sadaam-type person taking control of Iraq. If we want to install another Shah-like person, that won’t work, either. Been there, done it. Partitioning Iraq would be resisted by most Arabs. (I suggested this to some of them and one would have thought that I was blaspheming.) What is there left to do?

]]> By: Em http://www.logipundit.com/2007/04/warwho-chooses.html#comment-2129 Em Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:13:00 +0000 http://www.logipundit.com/blog/?p=1717#comment-2129 I don't know about the shoulda coulda woulda arguments, as I don't think they are valid arguments at all until time machines become a reality.<br/><br/>The reality right now as it stands is that if we leave prematurely, there is a vacuum that could be filled with ____ (take your pick, there are several unsavory choices). Anyone check out the ideas coming from Austrailia: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070427024429.z5eu5xpb&show_article=1<br/>Very logical article.<br/><br/>Yes, I think Congress should be involved. It is unfortunate that it seems that Congress is acting on what is popular and not necessarily acting according to what is right. If there anyone out there that believes that what is popular is right does not have kids. I don’t know about the shoulda coulda woulda arguments, as I don’t think they are valid arguments at all until time machines become a reality.

The reality right now as it stands is that if we leave prematurely, there is a vacuum that could be filled with ____ (take your pick, there are several unsavory choices). Anyone check out the ideas coming from Austrailia: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070427024429.z5eu5xpb&show_article=1
Very logical article.

Yes, I think Congress should be involved. It is unfortunate that it seems that Congress is acting on what is popular and not necessarily acting according to what is right. If there anyone out there that believes that what is popular is right does not have kids.

]]> By: MOM http://www.logipundit.com/2007/04/warwho-chooses.html#comment-2128 MOM Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:40:00 +0000 http://www.logipundit.com/blog/?p=1717#comment-2128 Hi, Rip,<br/><br/>I like all of your articles and all of your responses. Why should an "elected" president have all of the power for war? (Especially, since in two elections, he barely squeaked by, and now we are bogged down in a no-win situation in Iraq with both the Sunnis and Shiites hating us, with tainted "intelligence" to begin the war, with no regard to the advice of U.S. diplomats in the Arab world (this I know for sure), with no one profitting from this absurd war except the Israelis (and Sadaam was a bag-of-wind), etc., etc. I know that the French knew that there were no WMD in Iraq. I suspect that foreign powers tried to force the French with the Limburgh incidence in Yemen to get on board with the Americans in the war against terror. How can one trust the "powers that be"? When former President Bush was interviewed by a French journalist, he was less than enthusiastic about GW running for President. One must assume that he knows his son... Hi, Rip,

I like all of your articles and all of your responses. Why should an “elected” president have all of the power for war? (Especially, since in two elections, he barely squeaked by, and now we are bogged down in a no-win situation in Iraq with both the Sunnis and Shiites hating us, with tainted “intelligence” to begin the war, with no regard to the advice of U.S. diplomats in the Arab world (this I know for sure), with no one profitting from this absurd war except the Israelis (and Sadaam was a bag-of-wind), etc., etc. I know that the French knew that there were no WMD in Iraq. I suspect that foreign powers tried to force the French with the Limburgh incidence in Yemen to get on board with the Americans in the war against terror. How can one trust the “powers that be”? When former President Bush was interviewed by a French journalist, he was less than enthusiastic about GW running for President. One must assume that he knows his son…

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