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How To Avoid “Woulda, Should, Coulda” Syndrome

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in War

Dems are coming out and saying they made a mistake, but Kevin Drum reminds us that Congress didn’t vote for a war, they voted for the President to use military force. Given that, Dems have wiggle room to say that they were told that war was simply a last resort and Bush didn’t honor that promise.

So how do we hold politicians to their intentions?

From Political Animal:

There’s no reason we should have to guess about this. If the president wants to go to war, he should get a declaration of war. Not an “authorization of force” six months before the fact, but a declaration of war a few days before the invasion. Not only is that what the constitution requires, but it also means that members of Congress can no longer play games about what their vote really meant. After all, a declaration of war can hardly be misinterpreted.

Agreed.

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