Failure to obtain additional authorization from Congress for Bush's soon to be announced substantial enlargement of U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq would constitute an impeachable offense under the terms of the United States Constitution for violating the Constitution's War Powers Clause and Congress's own War Powers Resolution.
What's really interesting to me is that Bush has now stacked his
' Surge team ' with Cheney followers which include; Retired Vice Adm. Mike McConnell, an old friend of Dick Cheney, who will succeed Negroponte as national intelligence director; Former Iraq ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, with close ties to Cheney, will be ambassador to the U.N (Khalilzad's appointment is all about protecting our Oil interests in Iraq ). Bush and Cheney could care less what happens on the ground in Iraq ~ all they care about or, better yet, Victory is the black gold that comes out of that ground .
And then you add John Negroponte, the current U.S. National Intelligence Director,who has also conveniently served as the U.S.ambassador to Iraq from June 2004 to April 2005, as the new Deputy Secretary of State. Under Reagan, Negroponte was the U.S. ambassador to Honduras in the early 1980's where he played a major role in U.S. efforts to topple the Nicaraguan government. " The political history of John Negroponte shows a man who has had a career bent toward generating civilian death and widespread human rights abuses, and promoting sectarian and ethnic violence": Dahl Jamail
There's your Bush 'Surge' team and it mirrors the brutal neocon global agenda of the Cheney/Bush administration ~ who will not take their hand out of the Iraq Monkey Oil Trap until the American people force Congress to cut their War funding and deny their face saving surge or dramatic escalation of our illegal war and occupation of Iraq. The Democrats must now find their voice
or face the consequences in 2008 of an American public who will not forget their moral cowardess .
Any surge without Congressional approval is an impeachable offense.
Allen L Roland
"Surge" Without Congressional Approval Is Impeachable Offense
By Francis Boyle
Professor of international law at the University of Illinois
http://tinyurl.com/yk49tl
01/06/07 "Information Clearing House" -- -- "Concerning the proposed 'surge' by the Bush administration of 20,000-plus U.S. troops into Iraq, this requires further authorization by the U.S. Congress under the terms of the War Powers Resolution. Section 4(a)(3) makes it quite clear that the War Powers Resolution is triggered ... 'In the absence of a declaration of war [which we do not have for Iraq], in any case in which United States Armed Forces are introduced ... (3) in numbers which substantially enlarge United States Armed Forces equipped for combat already located in a foreign nation....'
"We currently have about 140,000 troops in Iraq. Sending in an additional 20,000-plus would 'substantially enlarge' those forces. Therefore, the Bush administration would require further authorization from Congress for this euphemistic 'surge,' which is really a substantial escalation. Failure to obtain additional authorization from Congress for this substantial enlargement of U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq would constitute an impeachable offense under the terms of the United States Constitution for violating the Constitution's War Powers Clause and Congress's own War Powers Resolution."
Francis Boyle, Professor of international law at the University of Illinois. Author of Destroying World Order: American Imperialism in the Middle East Before and After September 11
Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website allenroland.com He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on Conscious talk radio www.conscioustalk.net
Cartoon courtesy of Steve Benson / Arizona Republic
