The End Of The Bush Doctrine

George W. Bush's bright idea of staging preemptive wars may see it's end

Senator Jim Webb (D-Virginia) has introduced a bill that would bar the President from taking military action against Iran without Congressional approval. Basically the bill explains that the President can only stage a war against Iran (or any other country) with a declaration of war from Congress...kinda like what it says in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11 of the United States Constitution. It's a complete repudiation of the Bush Doctrine, which advocates preemptive wars (or as I call it, Wars of Paranoia)

No more "police action" crap. The President has the power to regulate a war as Commander-in-Chief, but only after Congress gives him the authority to do it, only after Congress does their Constitutionally mandated function of declaring war.

The chances of this passing are good, but the chances of it becoming law are not. The Republicans will argue it gives Iran reason to agitate the United States, knowing the President's hands are tied (Ignorant to the fact that our streched-to-thin military ties him down already.) The President is never going to concede anything to Congress, especially his doctrine, 29% approval rating or not.

Yet, Senator Webb once again puts the Democrats on the side of the people and forces the Republicans to decide between their loyalty to Bush or to the people.

Wise Choice last November, Virginia.