dictatorship?
"But recklessness, not prudence, has been the hallmark of this administration's foreign policy. Beyond this, the president and vice president subscribe to what some call the "unitary executive," which is a fancy way of saying they believe that Congress cannot prevent the president from doing almost anything he wants. The 1973 War Powers Act, passed in the wake of our disastrous war in Vietnam, allows the president to put U.S. troops in a combat situation under certain conditions before obtaining any congressional authorization to do so. When Bush signed the Iraq war resolution, he issued a statement challenging the constitutionality of the War Powers Act, indicating that he could take the nation to war without obeying its restrictions. Unfortunately, even if the president were to agree to the act's restrictions, he could still attack Iran and have up to 90 days before being required to get congressional authorization for the attack."
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-oe-weiss5feb05,1,6694223.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
Dosn't one as an American question this act to be a function of an authoritarian regime where the king has the ultimate power, where the king orders wars? Doesn't it seem to you like everything around it, the congress (the senate and the house) now just seem to operate as just a luxury at vital decision making such as WAR?
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-oe-weiss5feb05,1,6694223.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
Dosn't one as an American question this act to be a function of an authoritarian regime where the king has the ultimate power, where the king orders wars? Doesn't it seem to you like everything around it, the congress (the senate and the house) now just seem to operate as just a luxury at vital decision making such as WAR?
