George Bush was Commander in Chief. Congress gave him authority to go to war at his discretion.
You see, this is EXACTLY where people get confused. Congress did NOT have the "power" to give ANY AUTHORITY to Bush to start a war, and a President does NOT have the power to "declare war." What Bush did, was in essence, illegal. ONLY congress has the "power" to declare war, PERIOD!
Invading Iraq was a HUGE mistake of gargantuan proportions. It wasn't thought out in any sense of the word. We invaded without authority and became an occupying force and then we nation built, ALL of which is AGAINST our constitution.
Iraq and the middle east was MORE stable with Saddam in power. We fucked up.
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