“…the only reason given by Congress in its October 11, 2002, joint resolution authorizing war [with Iraq] was national security, nothing else. The resolution read: ‘The president is authorized to use the armed forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq…’ ”
– Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Page 18