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BUSH PROPOSES CONGRESSIONAL WAR RESOLUTION Wording Drawn From 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Austin, TX - (GNS) - Standing in the Lyndon Johnson Library at the University of Texas, President George W. "Grrrr" Bush proposed wording for a Congressional resolution for military action against Iraq based on the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that gave President Johnson authority to get the U.S. deeper into the quagmire known as the Vietnam War. "I propose the following," Bush said, then he read his proposed resolution. "To Promote The Maintenance of International Peace and Security in the Mideast: "Whereas Iraq, in violation of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and of international law, has deliberately and repeatedly attacked United States Naval vessels lawfully present in international waters; and "Whereas these attacks are part of a deliberate and systematic campaign of aggression that the Iraqi regime has been waging against its neighbors and the nations joined with them in the collective defense of their freedom; and "Whereas the United States is assisting the people of the Mideast to protect their freedom and has no territorial, military or political ambition in that area but desires only that these people should be left in peace to work out their own destinies in their own way; "Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled that the Congress approves and supports the determination of the President, as Commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression; and "The United States is prepared, as the President determines, to take all necesarry steps, including the use of armed force, to assist any member or protocol states of the Mideast Collective Defense Treaty requesting assistance in defense of its freedom; and "This resolution shall expire when the President shall determine that the peace and security of the area is reasonably assured by international condidtions created by action of the United Nations or otherwise, except that it may be terminated earlier by concurrent resolution of the Congress." Critics of the proposed resolution pointed out there is no such thing as the Mideast Collective Defense Treaty, and that most of Iraq's neighbors have no interest in freedom, other than the freedom to punish those who do not believe in a narrow, fundamentalist version of Islam. "Iraq has only attacked two neighbors: Iran and Kuwait. We supported their war with Iran, and gave them the greenlight on Kuwait," one critic said. Critics also pointed out Iraq has not attacked U.S. naval vessels, in international waters or elsewhere. "Iraq would have attacked our navy if they had a navy," Bush declared in defense of his proposal. "This resolution makes Johnson's resolution seem almost justified," one critic lamented. "Johnson manufactured the Gulf of Tonkin incident to get the 1964 resolution," Bush said. "We could do that, but we'd rather save time and resources and go straight to war without manufacturing a provocative incident." Congress is expected to vote on a war resolution before it abcesses in October. |
