Clinton Warns Bush On Attacking Iran

N.Y. Senator Says Congressional Permission Would Be Needed For Any Iran Strike

(AP)  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton warned President Bush on Wednesday not to take any military action against Iran without getting congressional approval first.

"If the administration believes that any, any use of force against Iran is necessary, the president must come to Congress to seek that authority," Clinton said in a Senate speech.

Clinton, a member of the Armed Services Committee, voted in 2002 to give Mr. Bush the authority to use military force in Iraq — a vote that has prompted some Democrats to demand that she repudiate.

Since then, the New York senator has become an outspoken critic of Mr. Bush's handling of the war. She said the new Democratic Congress must not let him make similar mistakes in the increasingly tense relationship with Iran.

"It would be a mistake of historical proportion if the administration thought that the 2002 resolution authorizing force against Iraq was a blank check for the use of force against Iran without further congressional authorization," Clinton said.

She also insisted the resolution authorizing force against those responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks did not allow for U.S. action now against Iran.

Clinton, who has come under fire from anti-war Democrats, excoriated the previous Republican-controlled Congress for not questioning the administration over the past six years.

"We continue to experience the consequences of unchecked presidential action," she said, later adding: "This president was allowed for too long to commit blunder after blunder under cover of darkness provided by an allied Republican Congress."

Clinton spoke shortly after President Bush said he was certain the Iranian government is supplying deadly weapons used by fighters in Iraq against U.S. troops, even if he can't prove that the orders came from top Iranian leaders.

"I'm going to do something about it," Mr. Bush pledged, displaying apparent irritation at being repeatedly asked about mixed administration signals on who was behind the weaponry.

U.S. officials have said that Iran is behind attacks against troops in Iraq, an assertion denied by Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

[j0hnwi11iams]

You idiots have already surrendered to the neocons who want to make a big hole in the middle east and throw everyone but themselves into it.

[standlee5]

Am I mistaken or is this the same woman who voted for the war resolution to appease her NY constituency.

[mdmx66]

all you have to do is suggest a date by which U.S. forces in Iraq should surrender, and you're officially a Democratic candidate for president.


Posted by bigwhtpony at 12:45 PM : Feb 15, 2007

That's perfect.

[rharrin1]

Maybe if the idiot does start something without congress impeachment could start.

[agnim]

Posted by lars008 at 01:27 PM : Feb 15, 2007

Yeah, and look what happen to Kennedy: He became target practice, not from without but from WITHIN! LOL

Kennedy wasn't even alert enough to know that our greatest enemies are our own ignorant selves!

[lars008-2009]

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Winston Churchill

Edmund Burke: All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.

[lars008-2009]

USA's PLEDGE 2 THE WORLD GIVEN BY JFK!!
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
--John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961 "

"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." --John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961 "

[lars008-2009]

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Infamy Speech
December 8, 1941/September 12, 2001
The facts of yesterday speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation.

As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense.

Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.

I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.

Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.

With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounded determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God.

[lars008-2009]

here's your enemy skippy..... try to remember that..... there will be a test later....
UK TV AIRS SHOCK 'UNDERCOVER' LOOK INTO MAINSTREAM BRIT MOSQUES...
Dispatches: Undercover Mosque
This is part one of the much-anticipated UK Channel 4 documentary Dispatches: Undercover Mosque, exposing evidence of Islamic supremacism, shocking misogyny, and support for violence at a number of Britain%u2019s leading mosques and Muslim institutions. (Thanks again to LGF operative kasper.)
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24018_Dispatches-_Undercover_Mosque&only

Dispatches - Undercover Mosque (1 to 6)
UK Channel 4, aired 15th January 2007.
Radicalisation of UK mosques by Saudi Wahabbism
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Dispatches+- Undercover Mosque
http://youtube.com/watch?v=peFQWuk4nuo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MuCLC8kjWCI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=x5t5EqWX92k
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=V4Zv3BUmwqs
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KvjvNScmTQA

[lars008-2009]

'Obsession'
Documentary gives insight into radical Islam%u2019s global threat
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/launchPage.html?110506/110506_fnl_obsession&%27Obsession%27&FNL&Documentary%20gives%20insight%20into%20radical%20Islam%92s%20global%20threat&Foxlife&-1&%27Obsession%27&Video%20Launch%20Page&News
http://www.obsessionthemovie.com/12min.htm
http://myspace.com/waragainstthewest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BL4-mxE87w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUpcpEQtgp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BUqXSeCDJc

[tbweb]

I can't believe Iraqi oil is being extracted without meters, without being measured! That's means the US is not as stupid as people think. Good for us! We should suck em dry for all the treasure we've invested there! Somebody's getting paid, I hope it's us!

[lars008-2009]

this is the real threat to humanity.....
http://stopislam.cjb.net/


Terrorism Awareness Project to wake up Americans and the World
http://www.terrorismawareness.org/
http://www.terrorismawareness.org/islamic-mein-kampf

[karlimhof]

bigwhtpony

you forget that the Bush War is already lost - so no surrender necessary. We just have to get our guys out of their civil war. The Bus Neocon Irak War was based on lies, poorly conceived, amateurishly executed, doomed for failure. That's it - it's history now.

[bigwhtpony]

all you have to do is suggest a date by which U.S. forces in Iraq should surrender, and you're officially a Democratic candidate for president.

[rsoxfan1123]

There is relatively little time left in his 2nd term & so far, he faces no serious political or legal impediment to any actions he or his Administration wishes to take.
Posted by book54552134 at 12:02 PM : Feb 15, 2007

true, thanks to the people that voted him into power.

[book54552134]

Clinton is correct in insisting that Dubya get Congressional permission first, before attacking Iran.
But she forgets Dubya's arrogance & boldness. Surely she's not so naive to believe that, as always, he & his Administration will do exactly as they wish as long as they think they can get away with it. That strategy has worked quite well for them so far. There is relatively little time left in his 2nd term & so far, he faces no serious political or legal impediment to any actions he or his Administration wishes to take.

[rsoxfan1123]

cbgb31-he's hasn't listened to anyone that told him the truth yet- he surrounds himself with people that tell him wants he wants to hear and forces the rest into retirement. Why would he start listening to wisdom now?

[cbgb31]

"Clinton Warns Bush On Attacking Iran"

Oh gee, I'm sure he's shaking in his boots.

[rsoxfan1123]

bin Laden put a face on our military actions that gave the bush administration free reign to move around the middle east. it is easier to organize a nation and rally them when you give them a villain. The Iraq-9/11 connection fell through for them, but it was only a thinly veiled disguise anyway. By the time we finally pull out there are numerous oil barons that supported Bush in his rise to power that will have made a fortune from our invasion. mission accomplished.

[Razzl]

Every member of Congress needs to speak up publicly about the consequences of failing get Congressional permission to attack Iran. Attacking Iran would initiating war, which is a power granted to Congress. The Bush administration is a rogue regime that must be kept on a short leash for the rest of his term in office. Bush cannot be trusted in any way with discretionary power in regard to military matters. Congress must make it clear that the penalty for failing to honor the Constitution must be impeachment, and that they are prepared to do it at a heartbeat to keep us from dictatorial misuse of presidential power...