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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nRemember how we were told for years that the war in Iraq was “illegal”, somehow, when it was being fought by a Republican President. Well, apparently, now that the Republican is gone, it’s fine for the Democrat President to use the same authorization from Congress to fight another war in Iraq. From CNN<\/a>;<\/p>\n I’ll let you know what’s going on, but I don’t need new congressional authority to act, President Barack Obama told congressional leaders Wednesday about his upcoming decision on possible military intervention in Iraq.<\/p>\n […]<\/p>\n House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California agreed with McConnell’s assessment, adding she believed congressional authorization for military force in Iraq back in 2001 and 2003 still applied.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n What a difference party affiliation makes. Pelosi added; <\/p>\n Obama “did not give us an array of actions he was planning to take,” Pelosi said. “He just talked about his perspective on what was happening there.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So, she’s not really worried about what the President will do in regards to Iraq, but when it was President Bush<\/a>;<\/p>\n “The burden is on the president to justify any additional resources for a mission,” said Pelosi, D-Calif. “Congress is ready to use its constitutional authority of oversight to question what is the justification for this spending, what are the results we are receiving.”<\/p>\n “There’s not a carte blanche, a blank check for him to do whatever he wishes there,” she added in an interview taped Saturday and broadcast Sunday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I guess we can all relax when Democrats go to war. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"