"We are finding terrorists and bringing them to justice," Bush said at a news conference with Panamanian President Martin Torrijos. "We are gathering information about where the terrorists might be hiding. We are trying to disrupt their plots and plans. Anything we do ... to that end in this effort, any activity we conduct, is within the law." (my italics.)
There is no set of "war powers" that allows Mister Bush--or any United States president--to break Constitutional or treaty law in pursuit of an enemy.
What do you reckon makes Mister Bush think there is?
Remember, God told him.
ReplyDeleteand if that's not scary...
ReplyDeleteSpineless Congress?
ReplyDeleteSpineless "citizens"?
Well, that's a good point, Scott--when he's off script, it's hard to say exactly what he meant to say.
ReplyDeleteBut I think he's convinced that he's legally entitled to do whatever he thinks he needs to do as head of state.
We can't really know.
The operative statement is "What do you reckon makes Mister Bush think there is?". A person of Bushe's limited education and obvious lack of a strong morale philosophy cannot fully fathom the subtler aspects and ramifications of being the "leader of the free world". He thinks only in black and white and since the responsibilities of his position require infinitly more nuanced thought he is incapable of actually understanding on how many levels and ways his and his administration's actions affect the world.
ReplyDeleteWhen he is speaking "unscripted" then any thing he says should be considered nothing more than the mutterings of the village idiot. Unfortuneately he is the President of the United States and for that the people who elected him should hang their heads in shame.
George W. Bush, Village Person.
ReplyDeleteYep, he doesn't have the capacity. He goes with what 'Berto and Harry tell him, which is what he wants to hear.
Jeff
Lurch-- thats a scary thought i havent let myself think until now. :(
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