Why haven't the conservatives in Congress cut short their vacation to deal with Iraq?

[Sallow]

This was a Republican undertaking.

Why haven't they cut short their vacation, LIKE..SAY THE PRESIDENT.

Where are these guys??

 

[R.C. Christian]

They're fundraising dumb fuck, just like your president. Further, they have no control over it.

 

[Moonglow]

Congress has no control over war??? I see, next...

 

[Peach]

Congress has no control over war??? I see, next...

The Patriot Act, and attendent legislation, greatly increased Presidential power; panic legilation is rarely good law. After 9/11, Bush decided to invade Iraq, without any link to the attack, and ignoring al Qaeda funding & resorces. We are left with the remains:

Rumsfeld dismissed National Security Agency (NSA) intercept data available by midday of the 11th that pointed to al-Qaeda's culpability, and by mid-afternoon ordered the Pentagon to prepare plans for attacking Iraq.[44] According to aides who were with him in the National Military Command Center on that day, Rumsfeld asked for: "best info fast. Judge whether good enough hit Saddam Hussein at same time. Not only Osama bin Laden."[45] A memo written by Rumsfeld in November 2001 considers an Iraq war.[46] The rationale for invading Iraq as a response to 9/11 has been widely questioned, as there was no cooperation between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda.[47]

 

[Political Junky]

This was a Republican undertaking.

Why haven't they cut short their vacation, LIKE..SAY THE PRESIDENT.

Where are these guys??

Good question.

 

[whitehall]

This was a Republican undertaking.

Why haven't they cut short their vacation, LIKE..SAY THE PRESIDENT.

Where are these guys??

Iraq was a "republican undertaking"? What does that mean? George Bush had congressional approval for the mission in Iraq and treasonous democrats who approved it tried to undermine it every step of the way. Veterans should remember that. What could congress possibly do about the Iraq mission under Constitutional law besides approve more money when Barry threatens a veto every bill and the democrat controlled senate is on vacation?

 

[jasonnfree]

This was a Republican undertaking.

Why haven't they cut short their vacation, LIKE..SAY THE PRESIDENT.

Where are these guys??

Iraq was a "republican undertaking"? What does that mean? George Bush had congressional approval for the mission in Iraq and treasonous democrats who approved it tried to undermine it every step of the way. Veterans should remember that. What could congress possibly do about the Iraq mission under Constitutional law besides approve more money when Barry threatens a veto every bill and the democrat controlled senate is on vacation?

Got an example of democrats being treasonous undermining bush? After 9-11, bush had a blank check on iraq and afghanistan. Once the WMD's weren't found then there was finally opposition, the way I saw it. And if democrats were treasonous, then republicans are treasonous for having as their number one priority, undermining Obama

 

[whitehall]

This was a Republican undertaking.

Why haven't they cut short their vacation, LIKE..SAY THE PRESIDENT.

Where are these guys??

Iraq was a "republican undertaking"? What does that mean? George Bush had congressional approval for the mission in Iraq and treasonous democrats who approved it tried to undermine it every step of the way. Veterans should remember that. What could congress possibly do about the Iraq mission under Constitutional law besides approve more money when Barry threatens a veto every bill and the democrat controlled senate is on vacation?

Got an example of democrats being treasonous undermining bush? After 9-11, bush had a blank check on iraq and afghanistan. Once the WMD's weren't found then there was finally opposition the way I saw it. And if idemocrats were treasonous, then republicans are treasonous for having as their number one priority, undermining Obama

Here's a couple of examples. Democrat operatives purchased a full page ad in the NY Times calling the commanding general of American combat Troops in Iraq "betray-us" when it didn't even make sense. The democrat Senate Majority leader Harry Reid tried to impact the morale of the Troops when he told them "the war is lost" just before the Troop Surge".

 

[jasonnfree]

Maybe Congressmen should be paid only when they are doing what they were elected to do. They could maybe be on a time clock system. They would be paid by the hour. When they are spending time raising money, the clock stops. Hard to manage of course, which is why having strictly taxpayer funded elections is so important.

 

[jasonnfree]

Iraq was a "republican undertaking"? What does that mean? George Bush had congressional approval for the mission in Iraq and treasonous democrats who approved it tried to undermine it every step of the way. Veterans should remember that. What could congress possibly do about the Iraq mission under Constitutional law besides approve more money when Barry threatens a veto every bill and the democrat controlled senate is on vacation?

Got an example of democrats being treasonous undermining bush? After 9-11, bush had a blank check on iraq and afghanistan. Once the WMD's weren't found then there was finally opposition the way I saw it. And if idemocrats were treasonous, then republicans are treasonous for having as their number one priority, undermining Obama

Here's a couple of examples. Democrat operatives purchased a full page ad in the NY Times calling the commanding general of American combat Troops in Iraq "betray-us" when it didn't even make sense. The democrat Senate Majority leader Harry Reid tried to impact the morale of the Troops when he told them "the war is lost" just before the Troop Surge".

This wasn't ww2 where the country was in danger, as the failure to find wmd's proved. None of the hijackers were from iraq. This is a fact republicans don't want to face. bush, cheney and the bunch are lucky there are no democrats with any spirit to go after bush and his bunch with criminal charges for their proven lies. Now, there is proof of obama being undermined all the way including republicans shutting the government down like little children, which did harm the country. Same thing happened with clinton by the way. It's getting to be a habit with republicans.

 

[whitehall]

I's a lesson in democracy to see how low information left wingers are influenced by anti-American blog sites rather than understanding the checks and balances inherent in the Constitution. I guess we have the monstrous bureaucracy of the federal education system to blame (or credit depending on your point of view).

 

[Peach]

The F/A 18s with the Golden Hawks are performing to perfection, why ask Boehner to sober up and mumble? This mission is well planned, and executed. What would Boehner add? He can "toast" this mission away from cameras.

 

[Zander]

It's not the job of congress. This is an area where the executive has a great deal of power and discretion. He needs to be Presidential, and he sucks at that. He's an equivocating marshmallow that needs to stop "leading from his behind"....

 

[JohnL.Burke]

This was a Republican undertaking.

Why haven't they cut short their vacation, LIKE..SAY THE PRESIDENT.

Where are these guys??

Why doesn't Obama call congress back into session?

 

[R.C. Christian]

Congress has no control over war??? I see, next...

Oh, please. That has nothing to do with anything and you know it.

 

[JohnL.Burke]

Got an example of democrats being treasonous undermining bush? After 9-11, bush had a blank check on iraq and afghanistan. Once the WMD's weren't found then there was finally opposition the way I saw it. And if idemocrats were treasonous, then republicans are treasonous for having as their number one priority, undermining Obama

Here's a couple of examples. Democrat operatives purchased a full page ad in the NY Times calling the commanding general of American combat Troops in Iraq "betray-us" when it didn't even make sense. The democrat Senate Majority leader Harry Reid tried to impact the morale of the Troops when he told them "the war is lost" just before the Troop Surge".

This wasn't ww2 where the country was in danger, as the failure to find wmd's proved. None of the hijackers were from iraq. This is a fact republicans don't want to face. bush, cheney and the bunch are lucky there are no democrats with any spirit to go after bush and his bunch with criminal charges for their proven lies. Now, there is proof of obama being undermined all the way including republicans shutting the government down like little children, which did harm the country. Same thing happened with clinton by the way. It's getting to be a habit with republicans.

Perhaps "there are no democrats with any spirit to go after bush and his bunch with criminal charges" because they would have to prosecute themselves. 77 democrats voted for the Iraqi war. I'm sure Biden and Hillary and Reid and others who voted for the war would be the last people who would want to put their own votes on display while going after Bush.
Also, despite your odd comment (one of so many), I'm unaware of any republicans who insist that the 9/11 hijackers were from Iraq.
You also mentioned (ignorantly) that the republicans shut down the government. Actually, the House of Representatives voted to fund everything BUT Obamacare. Which is their constitutional right. A right that is far from unprecedented. Reid and Obama did not get what they wanted so THEY closed down the government.
Needless to say, your opinions seem to be based on some odd rhetorical discourse spun from left wing sites. The truth, however, is not on your side.

 

[Freewill]

This was a Republican undertaking.

Why haven't they cut short their vacation, LIKE..SAY THE PRESIDENT.

Where are these guys??

You have reduced your contribution to this board to being nothing be a troll.

First of all it was a bipartian vote to go to war in Iraq, you know that, thus you lie.

Second, almost all the senior democrats backed the war in Iraq, you know that, thus you lie.

Thirdly it is the responsibility of the POTUS to handle thise situation at least short term. you know that, thus you lie.

Bottom line, you lie.

 

[Sallow]

They're fundraising dumb fuck, just like your president. Further, they have no control over it.

[MENTION=24036]R.C. Christian[/MENTION]
Hmm..

You know that document called the Constitution?

Section 8.

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
<snip>

To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;

It disagrees with you.

Dumb fuck.

 

[UllysesS.Archer]

It doesn't matter if they are there or elsewhere. No one in congress does anything except blame the other party.

They have no ideas, they have no clue what is going on. All they know is that they must be re-elected to retain their power, and that is their sole reason for being there.

Both sides are this way, and it is funny as hell, that so many people on here lean one way or the other, exclusively, depending on what their religion(democrat or republican) tells them they should.

People need to start thinking for themselves, instead of thinking what their party thinks.

 

[Freewill]

Congress has no control over war??? I see, next...

When the obama bombed Syria and libya the left never mentioned congress getting involved at all. I find it quite hypoctcical of the left to do so now. Besides military action in Iraq has already been approved by Congress by a bi-partisan vote.

What is going on in Iraq is all obama's fault and all obama's responsibilty to take short term action, his action, throw a few bombs in and go on vacation.