President Bush Wednesday night ordered an additional 21,500 soldiers to Iraq.
(GRANTS PASS) - The Constitution Party of Oregon is calling for an end to U.S. occupation in Iraq.
Jack Alan Brown, Jr., Constitution Party of Oregon Chairman, said, “We live in a republic, not a dictatorship. After listening to the President last night declare his unilateral power to make war, one could wonder if he knows the difference.”
The U.S. Constitution is clear, the Congress is vested with the exclusive power to fund and regulate our military, as well as the power to declare war. Conversely, the President has none of those powers.
The continued failure of our Congress to reign in this rogue administration is a direct violation of the oath they swore to defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. Clearly, the enemies of our Constitution do not reside in Iraq!
David Brownlow, CPO Vice Chairman, said, “We are in the middle of a full blown constitutional crisis. President Bush has violated, in so many ways, the oath he swore to defend the Constitution. Whatever it is that is going on inside of his head, it is clear that we are not going to reach him with logic. It is time for our Congress to step in and take control of the catastrophe that is unfolding before us in Iraq.”
Brownlow continued, “Fortunately, the Constitution, while tattered and frayed, is still the supreme law of the land. It is time to hold our elected representatives accountable to the oath they swore to defend it.”
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