Now this is what I'm talkin' about:
I first came across Firedoglake's Siun's Time to De-Authorize
Says Presidential candidate and perhaps actual leader Gov. Bill Richardson:
Article 1 of the US Constitution gives the Congress, not the President, the right to declare war. And the War Powers Act specifies that the President may not continue a war without Congressional authorization. ...If Congress passes a resolution de-authorizing the war, the President has no legal authority to continue. De-authorization cannot be vetoed, and it would legally require Bush to begin bringing the troops home.If the President stalled on redeployment, Congress could pass funding legislation requiring him to withdraw. If Congress de-authorizes the war before the summer recess, our troops could be home in six months.
The time for waiting is over. ....It is time to stand up to Bush. No more waiting, no more compromises. De-authorize the Iraq war before you leave for summer break.
What more is there to say? What we have to do, IMO, is to leap upon our own Representatives, and demand this of them. If you do nothing else this week, contact as many Democratic officials as you reasonably can and tell them "Dammit, stand up to Bush for once. The nation needs this."
It is no secret that Bush is killing Americans in Iraq so he doesn't go into the record books as a war-losing-President. Period. Cheney has his own delusions. Bring out the chorus of generals, politicians, intelligence people, and let their voices crumble the wall of delusion Bushoids will build.
And here's Gov. Richardson in his own words at Huffingtonpost.
...our presence in Iraq worsens the violence and enables our enemies to portray us as imperialist occupiers. If we announce that we are getting out completely, we undercut this propaganda. We need to get all our troops out of the crossfire of this civil war.
Anything less than immediate de-authorization, and beginning the process to remove all troops, is not a real plan to end this war. ...
Okay, he's starting to come around. I have to see if he'll be among the leaders to insist on Impeachment.