Bottom line: US Has a Military Dictatorship by Default and Indolence
Juan Cole at Informed Consent: brief, and hits the nail on the head:
"Bush Abdicates to Generals on Iraq;
"War turns Republics into dictatorships. The logic is actually quite simple. The Constitution says that the Congress is responsible for declaring war. But in 2002 Congress turned that responsibility over to Bush, gutting the constitution and allowing the American Right to start referring to him not as president but as 'commander in chief' (that is a function of the civilian presidency, not a title.)
"Now Bush has now turned over the decision-making about the course of the Iraq War to Gen. David Petraeus.
"So Congress abdicated to Bush. Bush has abdicated to the generals in the field.
"That is not a Republic. That is a military dictatorship achieved not by coup but by moral laziness."
Bush has damaged this country and John McBush wants to continue the job.
"Bush Abdicates to Generals on Iraq;
"War turns Republics into dictatorships. The logic is actually quite simple. The Constitution says that the Congress is responsible for declaring war. But in 2002 Congress turned that responsibility over to Bush, gutting the constitution and allowing the American Right to start referring to him not as president but as 'commander in chief' (that is a function of the civilian presidency, not a title.)"Now Bush has now turned over the decision-making about the course of the Iraq War to Gen. David Petraeus.
"So Congress abdicated to Bush. Bush has abdicated to the generals in the field.
"That is not a Republic. That is a military dictatorship achieved not by coup but by moral laziness."
Bush has damaged this country and John McBush wants to continue the job.
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