Bush to military: "Our job is to help them (Iraq) succeed . . ." Really?

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"The decisions you and your cabinet make will be determinate as to whether or not a country succeeds that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself," he told al-Maliki.

Later, addressing a group of about 300 cheering U.S. troops, Bush said: "Our job is to help them succeed and we will."

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2072321


Why is it our military's job to help Iraq's government to succeed? Did we ensure the governments of Germany and Japan with our military after we overthrew the old ones?

Is this a proper constitutional use of our military? How far does our Constitution allow the president to go in using our forces to prop up up foreign governments. I understand things like NATO agreements and such, but what pretext is Bush operating under when he pledges our military to the preservation of Iraq's government?

Is it the general war authorization? Is it contained in the funding authorization? Is he assuming some sort of presidential authority stemming from his 9-11 authorization. Is that why he sought to tie the war on terror to the mission in his speech to the troops today?

Think about these with me, if you have a moment?


my latest 2 cents: http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_ron_full_060613_escalation_masquerad.htm">Escalation Masquerade (6-13-2006)

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1. Where is the Article in the Consti- ah, what the hell. nt

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2. That's the 'noble cause' we've waited years for?

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3. it gets worse