[Peace-discuss] Rep. Jones introduces bipartisan Iran War Powersresolution

[Robert Naiman]

I have no idea what this person is talking about. There is no section
two of the resolution. Perhaps this reference to "section two" was
meant as a rhetorical flourish.

The text can be found on the Library of Congress' "Thomas" site:
http://thomas.loc.gov. Any resolution or legislation that has been
introduced can be found there.

In this case, the direct link is:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.J.RES.14:

As you can see, the resolution as introduced has only one section.

On 1/18/07, Chas. 'Mark' Bee <c-bee1 at itg.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Naiman " <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>
> To: "Peace Discuss" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 9:15 AM
> Subject: [Peace-discuss] Rep. Jones introduces bipartisan Iran War
> Powersresolution
>
>
> > Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) has introduced a bipartisan resolution
> > stating that the President cannot attack Iran without Congressional
> > authorization. The punch line is substantively the same as the DeFazio
> > resolution; the significance is that since this was introduced by a
> > Republican, it's a much more plausible ask for a Republican (e.g. Rep.
> > Johnson) to sign on.
> >
> > (The text is also more minimalist - no "Whereas George Bush has ....")> The
> > Just Foreign Policy alert has been updated to incorporate the
> > Jones resolution:
> >
> > http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/involved/warpowers.html
>
>   Found on alt.slack:
>
> "...Section two of the resolution (the first part of
> it you quoted) would actually give Bush the go-ahead to invade Iran any
> time he wants, just by saying "their continued development of nuclear
> weapons, in conjunction with their continued support of Iraqi insurgents,
> both financial and material, has shown their desire and intentions to
> disrupt and destroy our way of life. The conflict in Iraq has helped
> create what is undeniably a national emergency both in this country and in
> Iraq. Iran has demonstrated not only a lack of concern for the lives of
> American troops and Americans in general, but shown willingness in helping
> end these lives and the desire to pursue technologies that would allow
> them to cause death and destruction to Americans on a much larger scale.
> To combat this enemy who has already been instrumental in the loss of many
> American lives, I have ordered 200,000 U.S. troops across the Iraq Iran
> border. This action is one taken under full support of Congress under
> powers granted by HJR 14. Iran, acting thru Iraqi insurgents, has attacked
> American troops. Iran, thru it's continued support of the same insugrents,
> and thru continued pursuit of nuclear weapons, has shown a desire for
> imminent attack on American armed forces, and the American people at large."
> If you think that's something that won't happen, just look at how he tries
> to justify other bullshit such as warrantless searches of mail and phone
> taps. Strike section 1 (b) from the bill then pass it, that way you don't
> give monkey boy something he can twist to try and support further war...."
>
>
>   No clue what this guy meant - it would be interesting to see the entire
> resolution.  I'm having a hard time finding it.
>
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