Attention!!! Lieberman-Kyle Amendment on Iran attached to Defense Auth Bill

[Larkspur]

http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt/archives/001747.html

SNIP

It's a "Sense of the Senate" resolution, which means it has no legal force, but as the Congressional Research Service will tell you, "foreign governments pay close attention to as evidence of shifts in U.S. foreign policy priorities." If you want you can read it yourself (.doc), but here are the most important paragraphs:

(3) that it should be the policy of the United States to combat, contain, and roll back the violent activities and destabilizing influence inside Iraq of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, its foreign facilitators such as Lebanese Hezbollah, and its indigenous Iraqi proxies;
(4) to support the prudent and calibrated use of all instruments of United States national power in Iraq, including diplomatic, economic, intelligence, and military instruments, in support of the policy described in paragraph (3) with respect to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxies.

If something like this passes both the House and Senate, I think Bush could legitimately argue that between it, the War Powers Act and the 2001 and 2002 Authorizations to Use Military Force, he has all the authority he needs to attack Iran.

(via Carah Ong)

UPDATE: It seems one news outlet has noted this—National Review.

Posted by Jonathan Schwarz at September 21, 2007 02:44 PM | TrackBack

SNIP

Here is Chickhawk Lieberman working overtime to drive the US into a deeper hole.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. How did this sucker get attached to the Appropriations bill?

The dems had enough votes to keep it separated.

[jmp]

19. "We didn't have the votes!"

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Stick to the meme.

Facts only confuse the issue.

[Klukie]

2. What the hell is Liebermans problem?

Why does he want Iran so bad?

[HereSince1628]

5. He is commited to the protection of friends in the region.

I don't think it can be said any other way.

[Totally Committed]

8. Stop AIPAC, and you stop Joe.

He is an active agent for this lobby and we all know it.


TC

[polichick]

9. NPR had a great discussion about this last week...

With John J. Mearsheimer, one of the authors of this book, and people who called in.

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[ludwigb]

16. Walt and Mearsheimer are Heroes IMV

They have stepped up to the plate as citizens. They endure unmeasured criticism and outright falsifications.

[ShortnFiery]

3. Those corrupt Congress-Critters best get prepared to send their blood-relation to

go kill and die for The War Profiteering Corporations of The New World Order. They can't have my relatives. :grr: :puke: :grr:

[formercia]

4. KAPO Joe

rides again.

[acmavm]

6. If there was ever a time to flood the Washington switchboard, this is one

of them.

[cali]

7. They damn well better defeat this dangerous

piece of bullshit.

[TwilightGardener]

10. Juat another brick in the path to war. Joe is putting these resolutions

out about every two months, ratcheting up the language each time. He knows how to play his colleagues politically--no one wants to vote against this bullshit, so they'll vote for it, and that's how the groundwork gets laid. Fucking weasel bastard. It can't be said often enough: Thanks, Connecticut.

[whistle]

11. Fascist war mongers never give up

:wtf:

[SOS]

12. "combat, contain, and roll back"

From the Clean Break policy paper:

"contain, destabilize, and roll-back"

So Lieberman changed "destabilize" to "combat"....
How original of him.

[slipslidingaway]

14. !!! Just posted this...

"...To put the “Clean Break” plan in a bigger framework, I think it’s interesting to look at it in the context of other documents..."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1870796&mesg_id=1878564

[slipslidingaway]

13. K&R Hoping that someone steps forward to challenge this n/t

[HuffleClaw]

15. it is EXACTLY this sort of thing i've been expecting

i'm surprised it hasn't happened already.

[freedomfries]

17. K&R

[cyberpj]

18. K&R to the top of the Greatest. nt

[scarletwoman]

20. Needs more attention -- here's my k&r. (nt)

[Forkboy]

21. Joe is a very dangerous man.