Why Bush won't leave Iraq and why he's escalating - I have a theory

we all know what they say about opinions... they're like a**holes - everybody has one... i suppose you can say the same about theories... anywayz, here goes...

i think the reason bush will absolutely not pull out of iraq, and, in fact, is committed to further inflaming the situation there, is so simple it might just be easy to miss... if the u.s. pulls out, it will immediately obviate the aumf, and, as a consequence, will put a quick halt to the powers that bush can continue to claim as long as we are "at war" and he holds the role of commander-in-chief... as long as he can flout the cinc title, as long as the u.s. remains on a "wartime" footing, bush holds the powers that accrue to a chief executive of a country at war... if you carefully look at what this presidential administration has done to this country, virtually all of it has been done under the premise that we are engaged in a virtually endless war, a war that requires an executive branch that can act as it sees fit to protect our "national security..." no war, no premise...

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