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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
The problem is that Congress really didn't give the nod to start a war. They said after all other avenues had been exhausted, Bush could take the steps to initaite war. It was very clear that that point had not yet been reached. If it had reached that point, the US would have had much greater support than the coalition of the bribed. Bush also never went back to Congress for a declaration of war, which means they did not have an opportunity to agree with the end result.
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Congress gave the approval to go to war. Its not like Bush declared martial law, and then went to war with Iraq.
Washington...for the most part, was in line with what he wanted to do.