Stories from 2002-10-11
"In key ways, the congressional resolution gives Bush even more leeway than his father received after Iraq overran Kuwait and targeted Saudi Arabia's oil facilities in August 1990. The resolution adopted by Congress the following January required the president to inform Congress that diplomacy had failed before he waged war. The current resolution allows Bush to wage war as long as he informs Congress within 48 hours after the onset of military action." [more]
"The various presidents had to deal with the Soviets. They had 50,000 nuclear warheads, and they had tremendous power, and they brought them 90 miles off our shore. And not once did we think that confrontation was a good idea." [more]
"The Democrats who voted in surprising numbers not to authorize military action in Iraq needed some encouragement to withstand the majority's tide, and they found it today in a loose coalition of colleagues whose makeup transcended obvious patterns. [One representative] having agonized over her decision until a few hours before the vote, said she was persuaded by a large number of calls and e-mail messages from voters who were deeply uneasy about the prospect of a new war that could be fought with terrible weapons." [more]
NPR's full coverage of the events during and leading up to the Congressional debate over a resolution authorizing the use of force in Iraq. [more]
"The White House is developing a detailed plan, modeled on the postwar occupation of Japan, to install an American-led military government in Iraq if the United States topples Saddam Hussein, senior administration officials said today." [more]
The Senate voted overwhelmingly early this morning to authorize President Bush to use force against Iraq, joining with the House in giving him a broad mandate to act against Saddam Hussein. [more]
The US has been trying to build diplomatic support for military action to topple the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. This article briefly outlines the diplomatic stances of the international community. [more]
" 'The question we pose to the White House today is: "Do you really want to allow this commission to be created? And if you don't, why not?" ' a frustrated Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Connecticut said Friday." [more]
This article gives a brief history of Saddam's rise to power as well as an overview of key political figures in Iraq. [more]
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(IHT, Apr 30)
"In just five years, Bush has challenged more than 750 new laws, by far a record for any president, while becoming the first president since Thomas Jefferson to stay so long in office without issuing a veto." [more]
(Interactivist Info Exchange, Jul 26)
"Horizontalism is not an ideology, however, it is a relationship — a way of relating to one another in a directly democratic way while at the same time creating through the process of discovery. What has resulted is the creation of an amazing complex of movements, all linked." [more]
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