Greetings, Mr. President...or shall we call you...

Greetings, Mr. President...or shall we call you...

Mr. Nixon
Like Dubya, Richard Nixon was president in a time of war. Of course, the war in Iraq has taken place completely under the auspices of the Bush administration, whereas Nixon used the burgeoning Vietnam War as a platform to win a seat in the Oval Office.
So why is he like Nixon? Nixon went back on his promise - after winning an election by promising to withdraw American troops from their unsuccessful Vietnam campaign, he chose instead to close down the Ho Chi Minh Trail. This necessitated an invasion of neighboring country Laos, in which most of the trail lay. Of course, expanding what was formerly a civil war into outer regions caused the American part in the war to continue until 1975.
Currently, Bush is expounding on his plan for a reduction of troops, to begin in May. It is a process of "Iraqization," to reflect on Nixon's "Vietnamization" in 1969. However, rather than turning over control to Iraqi troops the United States has chosen instead to maintain military contingents and, indeed, to send even more troops over.
So, Mr. President, put your hands in the air, two fingers extended, and repeat after me: "I am not a crook."
''I didn't want war. To assume I wanted war is just flat wrong ... with all due respect,'' he told a reporter. ''No president wants war.'' To those who say otherwise, ''it's simply not true,'' Bush said. ~from a NY Times news report

King George the whatever-number-we're-on
It is our responsibility to be the international peacekeepers and to sit at the helm of the United Nations, of NATO, of any organization that may, however inadvertently, seek to usurp our power.
Where is that in the Atlantic Charter, in the North Atlantic Treaty, indeed in our own Constitution? If you find it, please tell me.
Let us remember that the United States was a founding member of the United Nations and of NATO (and that the North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington, D.C.), international organizations designed to be the global watchdogs. These organizations are designed to promote cooperation among their members so that no nation will go off half-cocked on another, member or not.
So why did Bush decide to invade Iraq even after the United Nations refused to pledge its support?
And, to bring up another important fact, when did Congress actually declare war on Iraq? If I am not mistaken, and please correct me if I am, this is still an executive action without the formal declaration by Congress. It is a direct violation of our Constitution for such an action to continue without said declaration, but Bush is above the law.
Next session: Illegal wiretaps.

To be continued...