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Eternal war declared. (Devil In The Details).

DESPITE THE RISING TIDE of Republican opposition to the administration's obsessive desire for a Lone Ranger war on Iraq, the Bush White House doesn't seem all that concerned. George W. and his hawks have convinced themselves that they already have all the legal authority they need to bulldoze Baghdad. In the opinion of the White House counsel's office, the 1991 congressional resolution granting Poppy Bush the authority to wage the Persian Gulf War is still good for a second Bush war against Saddam Hussein today.

Actually, according to The Washington Post, the counsel's office ...