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More US vs Iraq: This US Senator makes sense. In particular he cites this prescient witness of history:

Representative Abraham Lincoln, in a letter to William H. Herndon, stated: "Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose - - and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect, after you have given him so much as you propose. If, to-day, he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada, to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, 'I see no probability of the British invading us' but he will say to you 'be silent; I see it, if you don't.'

This time it's not Canada, or Mexico, or Cuba.

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When one realises for the first that public speaking is not one's strength, one may be forgiven for stumbling. Going on to make a career in the public eye after that suggests you have a problem. Elect me once, shame on me. Elect me again, shame on you. (editorial warning: yes, US politics again, skip if you don't want to see W in action)

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