Impeach Bush... and Congress
Contrary to the partisan drivel constantly being regurgitated by Democrats seeking only to make political “points”, there are legitimate and important reasons for impeaching President Bush. While there are several more aspects to be considered with his actual impeachment, I will confine these comments to the most pertinent, the undeclared wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
War is something forced on you, because of being attacked, or something you are forced into, because of a credible threat against your peace.
President Bush should be impeached, NOT because of going to war (for in the minds of reasonable people he had ample reason to seek a wartime status), but because of how he got the United States involved in them, and how he has prosecuted those wars.
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution specifically states that only Congress can declare war. Article II, Section 1 specifies, by oath or affirmation, that the President “…will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
It is critical and should be importantly noted that nowhere in the Constitution is there a provision for specifically enumerated responsibilities being reassigned or redesignated – they cannot be “legislated” away or procedurally changed.
According to the founders of the Constitution, the only legitimate way for a specifically enumerated constitutional responsibility to be changed, or even slightly modified, is by amending the Constitution. Anything short of that, places the offender(s) in conflict with the Constitution itself and, in the case of President Bush and Congress, the solemn oath to support, protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign, and domestic. Those within the United States that circumvent, or seek to circumvent the Constitution, are, by their actions, domestic enemies of the Constitution. I give you President Bush. I give you Congress.
The issuance, and use, of unconstitutional authority constitutes impeachable offense.
Whatever President Bush’s perceived authority and motives may have been for getting the United States involved in war, it very simply cannot be found in the Constitution. Both he and Congress know that. Their offense is deliberate, calculated, not founded upon ignorance, but established in political arrogance. President Bush should be impeached… along with the majority of Congress.
The reason the Constitution requires Congress to declare war was, and is, multifaceted. Before you order citizens to into harms way, and the horrors of war, you must have a clear majority, if not the whole country, united. Before being asked to make the sacrifices necessary for waging successful war, the people, and the peoples’ representatives need to be educated on why a war is necessary and why it cannot, or should not, be avoided. Once that is established and the case for war has been won, a formal declaration of war should unite the whole of the country into winning, decisively, that war.
President Bush’s abuse of the Constitution in waging the current undeclared wars is exacerbated by his decision to then wage “politically correct” wars. Wars are not fought to “liberate” a portion of a country’s population and should not be waged for anything less than the total and complete unconditional surrender of a conquered enemy. Bush’s waging of politically correct war, not wanting to “offend” the international community, has, and continues to unnecessarily cost American lives and prolong any meaningful and lasting resolution to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Once decisively conquered, not “liberated”, the conquered people should be put under immediate martial law with no rights other than those allowed by the occupying American forces. Any acts of violence against American forces should be met with immediate, decisive and overwhelming response. Demonstrations of opposition to American occupation, any anti-American demonstration, should earn the demonstrators the designation of target.
Collateral damage is a reality and horror of war; one of those reasons that war is not entered into lightly, but should be recognized also as a necessity for a successful prosecution of war. Not in just winning the war and securing a lasting peace, but also a means to protect American troops. In war, a real war, the life of a single American soldier should be worth more than any amount of lives of the enemy.
Bestowing an American styled freedom and liberty upon a people(s) with totally different customs and values strains credulity and is foundational to President Bush’s error. After all, a people, for centuries not willing to fight to gain their own freedom and liberty, do we now expect them to deny their centuries old culture and heritage and successfully embrace a western style of society won for them and not by them?
Because President Bush has ignored and violated both the Constitution and his oath of office as President, he should be impeached.
Remember: If your religion is wrong, you go to Hell. If your politics are wrong, your country goes to Hell.
War is something forced on you, because of being attacked, or something you are forced into, because of a credible threat against your peace.
President Bush should be impeached, NOT because of going to war (for in the minds of reasonable people he had ample reason to seek a wartime status), but because of how he got the United States involved in them, and how he has prosecuted those wars.
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution specifically states that only Congress can declare war. Article II, Section 1 specifies, by oath or affirmation, that the President “…will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
It is critical and should be importantly noted that nowhere in the Constitution is there a provision for specifically enumerated responsibilities being reassigned or redesignated – they cannot be “legislated” away or procedurally changed.
According to the founders of the Constitution, the only legitimate way for a specifically enumerated constitutional responsibility to be changed, or even slightly modified, is by amending the Constitution. Anything short of that, places the offender(s) in conflict with the Constitution itself and, in the case of President Bush and Congress, the solemn oath to support, protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign, and domestic. Those within the United States that circumvent, or seek to circumvent the Constitution, are, by their actions, domestic enemies of the Constitution. I give you President Bush. I give you Congress.
The issuance, and use, of unconstitutional authority constitutes impeachable offense.
Whatever President Bush’s perceived authority and motives may have been for getting the United States involved in war, it very simply cannot be found in the Constitution. Both he and Congress know that. Their offense is deliberate, calculated, not founded upon ignorance, but established in political arrogance. President Bush should be impeached… along with the majority of Congress.
The reason the Constitution requires Congress to declare war was, and is, multifaceted. Before you order citizens to into harms way, and the horrors of war, you must have a clear majority, if not the whole country, united. Before being asked to make the sacrifices necessary for waging successful war, the people, and the peoples’ representatives need to be educated on why a war is necessary and why it cannot, or should not, be avoided. Once that is established and the case for war has been won, a formal declaration of war should unite the whole of the country into winning, decisively, that war.
President Bush’s abuse of the Constitution in waging the current undeclared wars is exacerbated by his decision to then wage “politically correct” wars. Wars are not fought to “liberate” a portion of a country’s population and should not be waged for anything less than the total and complete unconditional surrender of a conquered enemy. Bush’s waging of politically correct war, not wanting to “offend” the international community, has, and continues to unnecessarily cost American lives and prolong any meaningful and lasting resolution to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Once decisively conquered, not “liberated”, the conquered people should be put under immediate martial law with no rights other than those allowed by the occupying American forces. Any acts of violence against American forces should be met with immediate, decisive and overwhelming response. Demonstrations of opposition to American occupation, any anti-American demonstration, should earn the demonstrators the designation of target.
Collateral damage is a reality and horror of war; one of those reasons that war is not entered into lightly, but should be recognized also as a necessity for a successful prosecution of war. Not in just winning the war and securing a lasting peace, but also a means to protect American troops. In war, a real war, the life of a single American soldier should be worth more than any amount of lives of the enemy.
Bestowing an American styled freedom and liberty upon a people(s) with totally different customs and values strains credulity and is foundational to President Bush’s error. After all, a people, for centuries not willing to fight to gain their own freedom and liberty, do we now expect them to deny their centuries old culture and heritage and successfully embrace a western style of society won for them and not by them?
Because President Bush has ignored and violated both the Constitution and his oath of office as President, he should be impeached.
Remember: If your religion is wrong, you go to Hell. If your politics are wrong, your country goes to Hell.
posted by Dale Morfey at 9:10 AM
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