Reply #14: I'm not signing my Senator's petition either. Knowing now the true meaning of... [View All]

[BlueCaliDem]

...the Iraq War Resolution; a resolution founded on the War Powers Act (Congress giving temporary authorization for military force), and not Article I Section 8 of the Constitution (a declaration of War by Congress) which means, Congress has the power to stop the Iraq war within literally, a few months if they so choose;

...hearing and reading Seymour Hersch's cry since last year October/November, and repeated in April this year (http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060417fa_fact ) and again on Late Edition (http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/19/hersh-iran-agent/ ) that America needs to realize the Bush* Regime and the Israelis are hellbent to launch war in IRAN;

...hearing now from Sy Hersch on Late Edition Sunday 11/19/2006 that there is already a substantial U.S. Military presence around the Iranian borders today;

...having discovered that Iran's real leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, who is Ahmadenijad’s boss" has TWICE reached out to the Bush Regime for a peaceful resolution back in May 2003, and again in June 2006 only to be rebuffed, and to be ignored by U.S. media: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14496.htm ;

...redeployment" has taken on a more sinister connotation.

That's why I cannot, in good conscience, sign my beloved Senator's petition.