Reply #21: You may have missed the Iraq War Resolution.

[Rhythm and Blue]

That pretty clearly gives the President Congressional authorization to go to war with Iraq, even though a few Democrats have tried to weasel their way out of responsibility, claiming "we didn't think that giving him the authority to invade Iraq meant he'd actually invade Iraq!"

If anything, the IWR (by providing a specific authorization for invasion of a specific country) harms the theory that Bush can go to war with Iran--after all, if he doesn't need specific authorization to invade countries, why did he get it in 2002?

Kyl and Lieberman have sponsored many bills. Were all of those "a step towards war with Iran" too? Why aren't you showing me language in the bill authorizing war instead of showing me organizations that lobbied for it?