Reply #134: i know that -Bush, Blair and the President of Spain met and decided

[karynnj]

not to go to the UN for the vote - because they would lose. This was well AFTER the vote. The fact is that almost every President from Kennedy through Clinton, committed troops somewhere without authorization.

Here Bush did not follow the steps he promised. I do think that he in his decision in March 2003, broke international law and started an immoral war. The fact is that no objective person would agree that the conditions - to be interpreted by the President - were met. They weren't. I agree that the Congress should have refused to vote on a resolution until they could do it after the election. Bush had the troops in the Gulf and he was flying bombing missions in the no fly zone. Are you telling me that Bush could not (as the DSM allude to) create a provocation? If they shot at one of our planes, which they routinely did - after all we were hostile, he could declare our troops in danger and attack.

I am not saying that the vote was right - I said it was wrong. But, what they are quilty of - and what they themselves in some cases are dealing with is that whatever their motive their name is there. (the sad thing is that this punishes those who are more decent and honorable more than those who are less so.)