http://www.nytimes.com/...
President Bush is seeking to affirm that we are still at war and is doing it as sneakily as possible. I'm wondering what could be his motive beyond the obvious justification of looting the national treasury.
Once upon a time, there was a meme that Bush was going to declare a State of Emergency somewhere around the next two months. Other than that CT, what are some other reasons?
Some lawmakers are concerned that the administration’s effort to declare anew a war footing is an 11th-hour maneuver to re-establish its broad interpretation of the president’s wartime powers, even in the face of challenges from the Supreme Court and Congress.
http://rawstory.com/...
John Byrne of Raw Story notes this particularly:
He notes that Bush's language "recalls a resolution, known as the Authorization for Use of Military Force, passed by Congress on Sept. 14, 2001... [which] authorized the president to 'use all necessary and appropriate force' against those responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks to prevent future strikes. That authorization, still in effect, was initially viewed by many members of Congress who voted for it as the go-ahead for the administration to invade Afghanistan and overthrow the Taliban, which had given sanctuary to Mr. bin Laden."
We know how that turned out.