Reply #39: Because he wanted to help the McCain campaign. A war vote for Obama and McCain--at a time when

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support for the Iraq War was souring. Mukasey had the impudence to testify before Congress that he knew he already had a declaration of war--but he wanted one 'reaffirmed' against Al-Qaeda. Political theater in an election year---


The attorney general said the administration already has the authority to detain suspected terrorists. But he said, "It would do all of us good to have the principle reaffirmed, not that that principle itself is in doubt."

A week after the September 11, 2001 attacks, Congress authorized "all necessary and appropriate force" against nations and groups that planned or supported the attacks. It did not specifically mention al Qaeda, which carried out the attacks, or their Taliban allies.

Some critics have said the Bush administration was too broad in asserting a nameless "war on terrorism."

The Supreme Court has upheld the government's right to hold al Qaeda detainees. But a U.S. appeals court last month rejected the government's argument that an ethnic Uighur Chinese Muslim could be held under the September 2001 authority as someone affiliated with al Qaeda.

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Some of us remember all the anti-Obama shit that was tried. Including this little farce...