Reply #125: Yes, EXACTLY the case...

[Milo_Bloom]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/2002100...

From the resolution:

"Whereas Iraq both poses a continuing threat to the national security of the United States ..."

"Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 authorizes the use of all necessary means to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 and subsequent relevant resolutions and to compel Iraq to cease certain activities that threaten international peace and security..."







"(a) AUTHORIZATION. The President is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to


(1) defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and
(2) enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions regarding Iraq. "



That is, ON ITS FACE, a war resolution with no pre-conditions. It names Iraq a threat to the US, lays out the use of force authorized by the UN and then gives the president authority to use the Armed Forces to deal with the threat and to enforce the resolutions.