Reply #9: Speak for yourself sidwill. I listened to all the discussions in the Senate

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and the House back before Shrub decided he was going off on his own. I remember the statements that requested "an authorization of use of force" because when someone is negotiating, he MUST be in a position to enforce his threats. After having worked for 45+ years, I KNOW that is true! Shrub was new to the job, and I HONESTLY didn't believe ANY American President would deliberately send troops to war for personal reasons.

It's easy to look back and say I should have known, but I didn't! If someone had told me, 6 years ago, that an American President would blatently ignore out laws and prove to be a dictator, I'd have called BS! I NEVER would have expected my Country would have such a rubber-stamp congress that enabled him to do so!

You may call me naive, but I used to believe our Presidents all did what they believed was best for this Country...even those I disagreed with never deliberately tried to destroy our Constitution! I don't think there's any way I could have known that in 2001!