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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Let's turn the Wayback Machine to September 15, 2001:
- WASHINGTON - Voting overwhelmingly, Congress gave President Bush sweeping powers yesterday to use military force to avenge Tuesday's terrorist attacks. But it stopped short of granting the president open-ended authority to prevent future attacks.
The House completed action on the measure late last night, voting 420-1 to back the president's use of force. Congress' authorization - which many legal analysts say is not required by law - is intended to demonstrate congressional support for what the administration has called a global war against terrorism. Rep. Barbara Lee, a California Democrat, cast the dissenting vote.
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What gave you the idea that I was only talking about Congressmen. I mentioned Buckly, George Will and Buchanan as conservatives. Are they Republican members of congress? The only congressmen I mentioned was McCain.
In addition, what Democrat would be insane enough to vote against a resolution like that right after 9-11? Except, of course, Barbara Lee. Did it specifically mention Afghanistan? Are you going to tell me that some members of congress did not only vote for this because of the mood at the time? And are you going to tell me that no members of congress critisized the invasion of Afghanistan?
In October 2001, Sen. Joe Biden gave a speech before the Council on Foreign Relations saying that America's air war in Afghanistan made the United States look like "this high-tech bully that thinks from the air we can do whatever we want to do."
