Looking at Iraq (must, must read)

[duvinnie]

An interview with Sen. Byrd. Must read, though the implications are disturbing
for our democracy, to say the least. An excerpt:

"The president," he said, "is just another hired hand, like I am." In fact, Byrd pointed out, under the Constitution "the Senate can send packing, but the president cannot send the senators packing."

Yet in ancient Rome, that's just what the tyrants Julius Caesar and Mark Antony did to the Roman Senate. And if the fall of democratic Rome is any guide, then the American republic is in grave danger.

http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1104-09.htm

I am gaining new respect for history - and historians like the good Senator - every day!
I hope his speeches gain a wide audience.

[midwest_lurker]

1. byrd sure has come into his own of late

these last few years

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[west michigan]

4. how so ??

whats yor take?

[1songbird]

6. Oh my gosh, was that a freeper encounter

[west michigan]

7. Seemed to be...

just looking for him to expand on his "viewpoint".;-)

[Hand]

3. Now, THIS is rhetoric!

"...Yes, I voted against sending troops into Iraq. Yes, I am one of the 23. And if I had it to do over again, I would vote the same way again -- ten times, ten times a hundred, against this doctrine of pre-emptive strikes. Fie on that doctrine! Fie on it!"

:toast:

[1songbird]

5. "We need more Senators like him." Excellent Article!

[brainshrub]

8. Did Byrd vote to authorize the action in Iraq in Oct 2002?

I think he did.

[Eloriel]

9. No. He did NOT. n/t