And folks should know that there's a reason why we have these discussions in our democracy, why we come to Congress for congressional authorization for the use of military force, why Even President Bush did that [sought congressional authorization] before going into Iraq. which I disagreed with and think was, you know, a foreign policy mistake, clearly. But that that discussion was still had, and there was no discussion here or no laying … (08:06–08:09)
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