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To: Ilaine who wrote (17831)	2/2/2002 12:35:51 AM
From: Webster Groves	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<<However, I think Bush already has the authorization to go after Iraq based on preexisting resolutions, not for 9/11, but for throwing the UN WMD inspectors out and refusing to let them back in, contrary to the peace treaty he negotiated after the Gulf War.>> Whoa, Nellie ! Iraq signed no peace treaty with the US after the Gulf War. Congress did not pass a subsequent authorization that allows the US to wage war on Iraq for various post-conceived reasons. Congress authorized US forces to expel Iraq from Kuwait. The subsequent no-fly zones over northern and southern Iraq are US and British dictates. Iraq agreed to terms to allow UN inspectors, but threw them out when they began finding the real stuff. And before you quote me to me, please read it again - specifically the first line in your post 17833. Do I not say NOT LINKED ! You also entirely missed the only point I was trying to make - that Congress has abdicated the responsibilities entrusted to it by the Constitution, and instead has yielded these powers to the Executive branch - so much for separation of powers. All that stuff we were taught as kids about the structure of the US government (at least in my generation) doesn't apply anymore. Rumsfield now wants Judical's powers, too. Bush probably doesn't quite know what that means, so he'll probably agree if Gonzales says he should. Having said that, I'll have to eat my words if the GAO presses forth in its suit against the Administration regarding Enron's contacts. Wonder how our current Secretary of the Army is going to plead when he's called to testify - bound to happen. -wg