Monday, February 05, 2007

A question worth revisiting as we lurch towards

endgame with La Famiglia Arbusto...
Just when did a sitting Vice President of the United States obtain the authority to order US Armed Forces into action?
The constitution grants the VP no such power either in peacetime or in a military emergency...he gains such authority only if and when he becomes President.
Josh Marshall's post that I link to above delves more deeply into VP Cheney's inexplicable usurpation of authority on 9-11. It is well worth reading...and I'll only add this query...who has the nuclear launch codes? Bush or Cheney or maybe both?
The electorate have a right to have these questions answered honestly.

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