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[sisi]

Because mostly of my friends they don�t like presented bush I don�t know why?
So do you like Bush too? I do

[element105]

do you like a clown?I do,so I like pres.bush

[stellara]

good comparison!
i don't like him as a president of US, i think he's more or less incompetent for this job - big words but nothing behind. but ah, we know that already..

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[Alberto81]

I feel It's easy to say "I don't like Bush"...almost everyone in this world is doing this...but I think his position isn't easy and all in all I like him!

Another US president would be the same about international politic! Do you really think if Bush wasn't USA President, USA would retreat from Iraq or Afghanistan?! Don't forget opposition in USA are with Bush about Iraq...They are United!

This is what I feel
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[element105]

I don't think it was really necessary for the U.S. to invade Iraq.Now,bullying weakers is get used by the world even we are still under the law of the international community.

[stellara]

then maybe i don't like the US politicians at all..

no i can't say that. honestly, there were better and more competent presidents in the US before, in my opinion. i liked Bill Clinton for example, or F.D.Roosevelt, much more than Bush, although i should run for cover now because i don't know so much about their political actions, i was too young.

[fooly]

Bush is no good Just be smart, ask and read. Don't get mixed up with ultra right- or left winged propaganda. Get you own opinion. Bush startet this war for his own hidden agenda. There were no MDW, there are also other dictators in this world. Why is he not attacking them? To this day I don't know how the american people could possibly reelect Bush.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_i...of_the_invasion
Legality of the invasion

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U.S. law

Under the United States Constitution, presidents do not have authority to declare war. This power is granted exclusively to Congress, and there is no provision in the Constitution for its delegation, although under the War Powers Act of 1973, the president can send troops to a country without congress's consent for 60-90 days. As the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, it cannot be superseded except by amendment to itself. On October 3, 2002, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) submitted to the House International Relations committee a proposed declaration which read, "A state of war is declared to exist between the United States and the government of Iraq." It was rejected.[103] Citing several factors, including unresolved issues from the 1991 Gulf War, the Bush administration claimed intrinsic authority to engage Iraq militarily[104], and Congress delegated its war powers to the President[105]; from this point of view, the invasion of Iraq, while a war, may therefore be considered a police action commenced by the executive, like the Korean war.


Police action

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A police action in military/security studies and international relations, is a military action undertaken without a formal declaration of war, often localized in scope.

Since the Second World War, numerous police actions have taken place under the auspices of the major-power nations; indeed, a declared war is an increasing rarity.

The term is frequently used in reference to certain 20th-century historical events: the military actions of the Netherlands, Britain, and other allies during the Indonesian National Revolution (1945-1949), as well as the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960).

The United States has launched all of its major armed conflicts since World War II as police actions. In these events, Congress had not made a formal declaration of war, yet the President, as the commander-in-chief, has claimed authority to send in the armed forces when he deemed necessary. Nonetheless, limited Congressional control has been asserted, in terms of funding appropriations.

The Korean War and the Vietnam War, strictly speaking, were not declared wars but police actions.
Declaration of war by the United States

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A declaration of war by the United States is the statement of purpose traditionally requested by the President of the United States and granted by Congress to engage military force against another nation. Since World War II, the decision-making power of Congress to declare war has been voluntarily limited to issuing authorizations of force. The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (Public Law 93-148) limits the power of the President of the United States to wage war without the approval of the Congress. (See below.) The United States has formally declared war against foreign nations eleven separate times.