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We now live in a country in which the president wields the power to send the entire nation into war on his own initiative, without the congressional declaration of war required by the Constitution.

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Obaku
May 16, 2007, 4:27 a.m.
The Constitution, just as the Declaration of Independence was, is a compact to defend principles - at the risk of "our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."
Not a choice for cowards.
I accuse the American people of cowardice, a cowardice they have now enshrined as virtue, since they have huddled under their bedclothes in fear, eyes closed and ears covered, ever since 1917.
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Harbeas
May 16, 2007, 8:35 a.m.
If we had a congress these things would not have happened. I am no expert on the constitution but it seems to me that the three branches of our government were set up to have equal powers and to offset each other. It apears that congress has allowed the executive and the judicial branches to become far too important. I have to empasize again how important it is to know who your senators and representatives are. Make sure they are the ones you want in congress.
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AbuAmirah
May 16, 2007, 11:24 a.m.
The same way that it came to Rome. Facilitated by powerful men with greed, lust for more power and riches. Hell, we even have barbarians at our gates ala the visigoths
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Albmore
May 17, 2007, 12:06 p.m.
Yes the fact is Bush was re-elcted after the war. Democrats cannot bring anything together, how can you bring anything together when your for everything. pro abortion, pro gay rights and at the same time in the comming election trying to connect theirselves with religious groups, they connect with everyone and no one then they have no agenda. They are running on a bring our troops home slogan, but when asked how would they act to another attack on the US they have no answer. I dont agree with everything our president has done, but then again I am not running to replace him because I dont have answers to all the questions. Funny that the demo. run also not having any solution. They could go back to the Clinton look the other way policy, but you see where that got us on 9/11.
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Albmore
May 17, 2007, 12:09 p.m.
Abu being a Muslim by words would definetly not support any of the presidents actions. You can see on other articles he is usually down on alot in the US. But then again we are not an Islamic state.