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totodeinhere

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62. I stand corrected on that specific point but the rest of my argument remians valid.
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 12:18 PM
Aug 2013

It's just one senator's opinion and I have already shown that other members of Congress such as Senator Murphy are advocating congressional approval..

"But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud" now do we tk2kewl Aug 2013 #1
Known unknowns,. . we know where the WMDs are? Civilization2 Aug 2013 #17
The US's proposed response is a threat to the US Dash87 Aug 2013 #2
It's legal if the President does it n2doc Aug 2013 #3
yeah heaven05 Aug 2013 #66
Video of the question to Carney... PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #4
Is he a Republican? AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #15
I feel like I have passed through a timewarp. R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2013 #106
sickening G_j Aug 2013 #19
How does Carney sleep at night? blackspade Aug 2013 #100
The biggest threat to the security of the United States is our defense budget. Scuba Aug 2013 #5
+1000 JDPriestly Aug 2013 #30
Agree. nm rhett o rick Aug 2013 #75
Carney's "reasoning" is lame bullshit, an insult to all Americans. Faryn Balyncd Aug 2013 #6
yeah, just watched the posted clip cali Aug 2013 #7
+100 840high Aug 2013 #9
+1 leftstreet Aug 2013 #28
"threat to the United States" is a broad and ambiguous concept, and some people, Zorra Aug 2013 #8
"threat to the United States" means oil is involved somehow. RC Aug 2013 #22
+++++++++++ librechik Aug 2013 #29
I'd have more respect for the Administration if it would admit to this truth. Laelth Aug 2013 #35
Or a belief that persons such as Kim Jong Un are taking note of what we do jberryhill Aug 2013 #56
+1000 NealK Aug 2013 #101
Condaliza Carney Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #10
What a pile of BS. truebluegreen Aug 2013 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author cali Aug 2013 #14
And CO2 is a threat to the world and the US, so next we'll bomb China? Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #12
Not likely since combatting CO2 emissions would pose an even greater threat NorthCarolina Aug 2013 #25
Yeeeeeeeesss Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #51
CO2 is a far greater threat at that. obxhead Aug 2013 #72
True, true. n/t Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #74
Same shit, different day Demeter Aug 2013 #13
+100 nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #70
Same playbook bush used. Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #16
Different boss, same playbook. avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #18
Blatant dishonesty and attempting to minimize the gulf between candidate Obama and President Obama's suffragette Aug 2013 #20
That is so true. Eg, I remember a reporter asking Obama what he thought about Humanitarian sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #27
I guess, like Bill Hicks so cleverly guessed those many years before, truedelphi Aug 2013 #76
I'm beginning to think that may be the case. Nothing else explains the complete flip flops sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #83
I can think of another explanation BrotherIvan Aug 2013 #85
I guess we should be used to it by now. suffragette Aug 2013 #98
Honestly at this point I'm surprised they tell us anything at all - TBF Aug 2013 #21
My reaction, as well. flpoljunkie Aug 2013 #23
Well then, we need to bomb Japan, too JayhawkSD Aug 2013 #24
We need to bomb the Pacific Ocean tblue Aug 2013 #50
Obscene lies. woo me with science Aug 2013 #26
We our out of our minds exboyfil Aug 2013 #31
What can you do when they lie to you? LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #73
It should be possible to hold a Recall Election for President Flying Squirrel Aug 2013 #78
You had to go to the Guardian to find out about a press conference? But... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #32
no. notifying Congress is NOT enough. cali Aug 2013 #33
Congress seems to think it has... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #34
Senator Corker's opinion on the subject is not determinative. Laelth Aug 2013 #38
shame on you. Bob Corker is ONE senator cali Aug 2013 #39
And even Corker in the article didn't say that Obama has complied with the War Powers Act. n/t totodeinhere Aug 2013 #47
... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #58
I stand corrected on that specific point but the rest of my argument remians valid. totodeinhere Aug 2013 #62
Corker is the top Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #60
I would also add that Representative Kucinich thinks differently on this subject. Laelth Aug 2013 #40
I don't like Corker much, either, but Kucinich has no say in this whatever. TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #59
Kucinich earned the right to 'have a say' in these matters by the fact that he was RIGHT sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #68
I would like to offer up for disection the following idea... Volaris Aug 2013 #84
There in nothing in the article you linked to that indicates that totodeinhere Aug 2013 #44
Well... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #57
Baseless? Project much tb? bobduca Aug 2013 #48
He's the top republican on one committee that will have a say... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #55
Still hasn't happened then, has it? Or is verb tense a foreign concept to you? bobduca Aug 2013 #71
Since when does the President 'notify' Congress before making a decision about sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #41
Read the War Powers Act TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #53
It's called the "War Powers Act" jberryhill Aug 2013 #54
I'm familiar with the War Powers Act. I haven't seen anything there that doesn't require sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #63
"maybe it is time to repeal or modify it" jberryhill Aug 2013 #67
Nope. What I want is to read the same daily classified intelligence briefings underthematrix Aug 2013 #95
Are you a member of Congress? I don't recall seeing anyone OTHER THAN sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #107
Without the UN it will be an illegal war. morningfog Aug 2013 #108
"threat to the United States"??? Syria has ICBMs with chemical warheads? arcane1 Aug 2013 #36
Syria is where Saddam hid the WMDs!!1!!11 deutsey Aug 2013 #37
I no shit saw someone say that on Twitter. nt Union Scribe Aug 2013 #92
Yup, that so-called "threat to the United States" is no more a real threat totodeinhere Aug 2013 #49
Same shit, different President Ocelot Aug 2013 #42
+1 forestpath Aug 2013 #69
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #43
Of course they have to go to war. christx30 Aug 2013 #45
It's the Qaedas! AgingAmerican Aug 2013 #46
Shrub must be one excited war criminal today. democrank Aug 2013 #52
Deja vu. Puzzledtraveller Aug 2013 #61
Moveon should run an ad about this. David__77 Aug 2013 #64
Oh you know and I know what Moveon's ad would say: truedelphi Aug 2013 #79
The REAL "threat to the United States" IS COMING FROM WITHIN, not from some other country. N/T L0oniX Aug 2013 #65
I used to say that during the Bush era. Phlem Aug 2013 #81
All I've done this morning is cry. sandpan Aug 2013 #77
oh he's been awake the whole time, unfortunately. Phlem Aug 2013 #80
Welcome to DU sandpan!!!! summer-hazz Aug 2013 #93
Have to tip my hat to the Oregon Democrats Maedhros Aug 2013 #82
Spreading freedom to the darkest corners of the world jsr Aug 2013 #86
Yep, that's pretty weasely if not downright scummy. nt Bonobo Aug 2013 #87
Nice catch. These people are disgusting. grahamhgreen Aug 2013 #88
Bombs and missiles are invariably followed ... Buenaventura Aug 2013 #89
waiting for the spinners to show up and tell us how this is really different Doctor_J Aug 2013 #90
My thoughts exactly Doctor_J! summer-hazz Aug 2013 #96
Someone wise should tell Carney that blowing up the price of gas Amonester Aug 2013 #91
This administration is the grift that keeps on giving. Pure Bush-era legal circumlocution. nt Poll_Blind Aug 2013 #94
But there's MONEY to be made in blowing up Syria, dammit! blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #97
Attacking Syria is just a bad idea. blackspade Aug 2013 #99
Deja vu all over again. Bush et al and Iraq. Funny how history repeats itself...nt Clear Blue Sky Aug 2013 #102
You do whatever you want, O. Anybody that can go from a community organizer to senator to toby jo Aug 2013 #103
K&R NealK Aug 2013 #104
I just don't understand.. Flora Aug 2013 #105
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