<DIV>Paul and Sunil,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Unless Bush is planning to planning to stay in office, he isn't going to be in a position to keep permanent military bases in Iraq or anywhere else, as he will have no formal powers to do so. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Won't it be nice for the Bush family to be gone for while?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan <BR><BR><B><I>Paul Rumelhart <godshatter@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Sunil Ramalingam wrote:<BR>> On this subject, look at the latest signing statements by Bush, <BR>> claiming he has the ability to ignore Congress' vote limiting his <BR>> power to establish permanent bases in Iraq. <BR><BR>I don't understand why we aren't treating these "signing statements" for <BR>what they actually are: evidence of intention to commit a crime. The
<BR>President simply does not have the power to interpret laws to suit <BR>himself. He should be held criminally liable if he actually follows <BR>through on what he says he will do in these statements.<BR><BR>Paul<BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net <BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>=======================================================<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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