Raising the Wrong Flag
Say what you will about Scott Ritter, he was one of the very few brave souls willing to stand up and expose the administration's lies about Iraq's WMDs — before the invasion. He was right then, and I believe he's right now, in this multi-faceted post about Iran, Israel, and the cowards in Congress:
This new Democratic leadership has failed egregiously. Not only has the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, been unable to orchestrate any meaningful legislation to bring the war in Iraq to an end, but in mid-March she carelessly greased the tracks for a whole new conflict. By excising language from a defense appropriations bill which would have required President Bush to seek the approval of Congress prior to initiating any military attack on Iran, Pelosi terminated any hope of slowing down the Bush administration’s mad rush to war.
Despite the fact that Congress was only stating through this language a simple reflection of constitutional mandate [that only Congress can declare war], Speaker Pelosi and others felt that the inclusion of such verbiage put the security of the state of Israel at risk by eliminating important “policy options” for the president of the United States. In short, Israeli national security interests trumped the Constitution of the United States.
Incredulous emphasis mine.
This is a terrific post by an extremely bright, courageous, and knowledgeable observer. It deserves a close read.
