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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (16976)	1/25/2007 12:12:24 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 71588

Actually... The authors of the Constitution split war powers between Congress (which gets to declare war, and budget for the armed forces) and the President, (who gets to direct the war)....

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (16976)	1/28/2007 8:53:08 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Respond to of 71588

better tell brownback "This morning on Fox News, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) echoed the Bush administration and claimed that people who oppose escalation in Iraq are emboldening terrorists. “[I]t will discourage our troops, who we’re asking to carry out this new plan, and it will encourage the enemy,” Lieberman said. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), who announced on Friday he will support Sen. John Warner’s (R-VA) anti-escalation resolution, pointed out the obvious: “I don’t see this enemy as needing any more emboldening or getting it from any resolution. They’re emboldened now.”