Exclusive Speech Excerpt: Obama Warns Bush Over Iran War (Huffington Post)

[NYCGirl]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/12/exclusive-speech-excerpt_n_64115.html

Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is set to deliver a "major policy speech" on Iraq today in Clinton, Iowa. Below, an excerpt of the speech obtained by the Huffington Post:

We hear eerie echoes of the run-up to the war in Iraq in the way that the President and Vice President talk about Iran. They conflate Iran and al Qaeda. They issue veiled threats. They suggest that the time for diplomacy and pressure is running out when we haven't even tried direct diplomacy. Well George Bush and Dick Cheney must hear - loud and clear - from the American people and the Congress: you don't have our support, and you don't have our authorization for another war.

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[AtomicKitten]

1. I really hope Obama digs in his heels on this.

The administration is gearing up to attack Iran, thinking perhaps they can dip into the well of the deliberately broad-reaching powers of the IWR to authorize an attack on Iran.

For those that think the IWR was no big whoop, think again. It is the wellspring for abuse of power.

K&R