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Originally posted by dig420
WWI started with the assassination of an obscure public official. NO WAY that something as small as obliterating a sovereign nation that happens to control a significant portion of the world's oil resources could spin out of control is there?
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It is a given that the long term consequences of taking control of Iraq are not totally predictable, but this really applies to most conflicts. The Administration has decided to take the risk. More importantly the Congress has decided to take the risk as several months ago they gave the power to the President to proceed. The Congress can halt this whenever they choose too using several different methods and a major one is simply to vote to cut off funding for a military invasion of Iraq. The Congress used this power during the Vietnam era and that is why President Nixon and Ford could not keep the promise that was made to South Vietnam when we withdrew our troops from Vietnam. The agreement made by Nixon to South Vietnam was that if the North did not abide by the treaty and tried to take control of the South we would use our Air Power to bomb the North into submission once again. Congress cut the President off at his knees and voted to cut all funding for any military endeavors in Vietnam. Thus niether Nixon or Ford could keep the promise made to South Vietnam. The citizens of America could halt an invasion of Iraq simply by flooding their Congressmen and Senators with a request to put a stop to it, but the citizens are not doing this. The President is not acting and cannot act in a vaccum.