Reply #27: Normally in these situations

[The Traveler]

one backs the President's play ... which at this point was advertised as providing leverage when dealing with the UN and provoking the re-introduction of the inspection process. What was abnormal about the situation was, of course, the abnormal psychology of the fuck tards running the executive branch at the time.

There could have been a way of rattling swords without giving these dipshits unfettered access to the armory and barracks. That is where the vote really went awry ... there were not enough provisions written in for review, oversight, checking, balancing. Of course, once the rethugs took the majority it is unclear any of that would have helped.

The whole thing is a fucking mess. I have come to realize that there are no right answers to this question, because it is the wrong question. One right question is how does a loyal opposition party deal when a would be Calligula is installed by the judiciary branch as Commander in Chief?