Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed Thursday that Congress repeal the authority it gave President Bush in 2002 to invade Iraq, injecting presidential politics into the Congressional debate over financing the war.
Mrs. Clinton’s proposal brings her full circle on Iraq — she supported the war measure five years ago — and it sharpens her own political positioning at a time when Democrats are vying to confront the White House.
“It is time to reverse the failed policies of President Bush and to end this war as soon as possible,” Mrs. Clinton said as she joined Senator Robert C. Byrd, Democrat of West Virginia, in calling for a vote to end the authority as of Oct. 11, the fifth anniversary of the original vote.
Now I am not quite sure how this would work. Would all of the Generals just gather their troops and say "false alarm, their is no war resolution, and it is time to pack up and go home"? Highly doubtful.
It almost sounds like trying to unscrew a woman who turns up pregnant. Once you plant the seed there is no clean way out of the responsibility.
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