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To: jttmab who wrote (223671)	3/12/2007 9:07:00 AM
From: bearshark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>>>President Bush recommended the war, but Congress overwhelmingly legalized it, made it happen.<<< Needless to say, she is off base to some extent. As I mentioned some time ago, the build-up to war began in the July to October 2002 timeframe. You can see the beginning of it in the White House press releases. I noticed it in August 2002. I remember because I snickered to myself that the congressional election campaign started early and the White House was working the public. There was a time when campaigns started after Labor Day. The White House continued its campaign through September and by October had the populace in the proper state of mind. A popular President had Congress backed up against a wall. It was now October and the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 was before Congress. With less than a month before the Congressional elections, our gutless wonders on Jenkin's Hill were in an agreeable mood--at least most of them. They approved the resolution. After the Congressional elections were over, Congress had one more chance. That was when they viewed Mr. Powell's performance before the United Nations. It took me about 5 to 10 minutes to realize that Mr. Powell's information lacked substance and, for all intents and purposes, the White House's case for war was bogus. If I knew it, every senior member of Congress must have known it too. Hell, a few of them were in Washington longer than I was. So, Monaca is somewhere in the ball park. It was the White House's War backed and supported by Congress.