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title=Attack Iran, Ignore the Constitution | |title=Attack Iran, Ignore the Constitution | ||
|author1=Jeremy Brecher | |||
source=The Nation| | |Brendan Smith | ||
url=http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060508/attack_iran| | |source=The Nation | ||
date=4/21/2006| | |url=http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060508/attack_iran | ||
quote= "But the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive war, as laid out in the 2002 National Security Strategy of the United States and reiterated in 2006, claims for the President the power to attack other countries--like Iran--simply because he asserts they pose a threat. It thereby removes the decision of war and peace from Congress and gives it the President. It is, as Senator Robert Byrd put it, 'unconstitutional on its face.'" | |date=4/21/2006 | ||
|quote= "But the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive war, as laid out in the 2002 National Security Strategy of the United States and reiterated in 2006, claims for the President the power to attack other countries--like Iran--simply because he asserts they pose a threat. It thereby removes the decision of war and peace from Congress and gives it the President. It is, as Senator Robert Byrd put it, 'unconstitutional on its face.'" | |||
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{{opinion|Iranian Nuclear Crisis|US Should Attack Iran|against}} | |||
[Category:US Middle East Foreign Policy] | |||
[Category:Limits of Presidential Powers] |
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Source | The Nation |
Date | 4/21/2006 |
URL | http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060508/attack_iran |
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This item argues against the position Iranian Nuclear Crisis / US Should Attack Iran on the topic Iranian Nuclear Crisis.
[Category:US Middle East Foreign Policy] [Category:Limits of Presidential Powers]