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Carte Blanche

Congress capitulates to Bush’s call for war

By Doug Ireland

That both houses of Congress would pass a resolution giving George W. Bush a free hand to take the country to war against Iraq whenever he felt like it—and that this blank check would be supported by quite large majorities—was never in doubt over these past few terrible and depressing weeks. Why? Because the horrors of the 9/11 attacks produced a… return to article

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