Democrats Mov e to Start War with Iran
Without even reading the fucking amendment, Democrats vote for Joe LIEberman’s amendment to start a war with Iran. Final vote 97-0.
Levin votes for it, acknowledging he hasn’t even read the amendment.
And already, another carrier is steaming into the gulf.
Commenting at Firedoglake, the reliable Scarecrow writes,
The assurance that the amendment wouldn’t be an explicit authorization to attack Iran should be read in conjunction with Glenn Greenwald’s post during TPM’s Book Club segment.
Glenn’s main point is that once it is generally accepted that Iran is conducting “acts of war†in killing US soldiers in Iraq, then Bush can use the existing AUMF in Iraq to attack Iran. He doesn’t need to get another authorization.
This is not saying that an attack is more or less likely than before; only that it arguably removes a barrier that might have existed.
And you know how responsible Bush has been with the war powers abdicated to him by Congress.
The current crop of Senators and Representatives, ALL OF THEM, need to be removed and replaced. All of them.
Soon they’re gonna come for the rest of us. This is not a Congress that represents the national interest, not in any way, shape, or form. On one hand you have the Nazis of the modern-day Republican Party, and on the other the collaborating Vichy Democrats.
I am getting sick and tired of this. Sick and tired.
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