If we are at war,do we elect a new President or let the one who declared war stay in office?
412928
I'm just sorry for the poor old bastard who has to clean up Georgies mess! Personally I think Bush and most of his staff should be arrested for terrorism and whatnot and get the death sentence.
698760
Neither. The only thing that will happen is bush will put another person who thinks like Rumsfeld in his place. There will be no change in that aspect. However, the person taking his place has to deal with a Democratic Congress, so now he needs to come up with an exit strategy. Rumsfeld didn't feel like dealing with it. That's why he "cut and ran"...
357613
my friends and i tried to work this out once. 1. thats the thing, no one does. they dont have to so they dont. nobody bothers coz they think someone else will do it.\n2. George bush has already been in charge so people vote for him again coz they kno he ain't gonna try to blow up the world or take it ova. i mean yea he sucks but the next person they vtoe in could be a total freak who wants to take over a country and give it some crazy name. or they could actually destroy iraq or something. basically people reckon we are better off with what we have. why fix it if it's not completely screwed up?
771577
Yes, our military involvement in Iraq will end, whether it's called a war, police action, or whatnot. At the very least, a president -- likely not the current one -- will simply declare victory, or mission accomplished, and then pull the troops out. Very much like what occurred in Vietnam. But if we settle for this sort of "victory," we may well face dire consequences as a result. \n\nI certainly hope we are able to bring our troops home after they have truly accomplished their mission. Are they very far away from doing that? From the news reports it certainly seems a distant thing.
95724
Our form of Democracy has elections at specified times and we do not dissolve our government and hold elections at any time we want.  George W. Bush will be in office until 1/20/2009 when his term ends and we will then have a new president because he will not be able to run again for president.  We have a 2 term limit for our President and he is on his second term.  Starting sometime during late 2007 we will start to see candidates who want the job of being president and we will begin going through our Primary process where we determine who will get each Parties Nomination for the Office of President.  We will hold our National Elections in November, 2008 and a new president will take office on January 20, 2009.  Until then you will have to dislke Bush, after that I don't know who it is that you will dislike, but I know that you will dislike him or her as they will be American and will continue to hold the same values as Bush holds as far as keeping our country safe.  Do you know what makes America Great, it is because not only will you be able to hate our new president but so will we if we want to. It is not against the law to hate our leaders, can you say the same for where you live?  Probably not.  I am glad that you asked this question because it shows the way that you think, you addressed this to your fellow Americans, yet you had no idea how the country works.  This tells me two things immediately, one is that you do not have good enough English to pass the citizen test, and second if you had even failed a U.S. citizen test you would know more about it than you do.  The one thing that I hope that you understand most about my answer is yes there are many American's who do not like our President or agree with all of his policies, however more American's will agree to stand with him than against him and even if we get a new President from another political party they will still be American and continue down the path that we are on.  If you do not want America to expand its war on Terrorism stop terrorism and we will stop.  As long as you chant Osama bin Laden's name and cheer for him to attack America again you are not helping your cause at all.
3220
No, but he could declare "martial law", and halt all elections - thereby remaining president indefinately.\n\nI've included a link with more details.
52267
Should be..but even if we had adopted a new government...if people in the position will stay the way they used to, probably we'll remain the same...We are yearning for better. What president and all the government officials are promising to us, never happened in reality. I don't want to expect too much from this country. Everything should be in a new form by now but seeing it with my own eyes, as much as possible I want to be realistic--and this is the reality.
62071
its hard to tell mabey he would if there was no war but no other president was in a war in the last  while so its not easy to compare but i do think the war on terrorism is good not innocent people being killed but the war is needed
906201
YES!!!  I agree with you that it should be a priority, but it wont happen--it would've happened already.  If we let him stay after the Florida debacle and the Ohio debacle, they arent going to remove the administration any time soon.  Doesnt matter who gets elected.  I agree that it could restore confidence around the world, but they already hate us and our arrogance, I dont think much will change that.  Will never happen.
437407
Officially, we aren't at war.  Only Congress can declare war.  AND war can only be declared against a nation with boundaries.\nThis war on terror is about as lame as the war on poverty and the war on drugs back in the 80's.\n\nI hate the fact that friends of mine have been killed defending a foreign policy that will only keep us embedded in turmoil for years.  It discusts me!
557849
there has to be war sometime. but i do not like it at all. i think that we can settle things with communication and agreement. i think that the war in iraq is because the president is not thinking about how to solve it without war. he says he is a christian but we do not believe in violence. \n                          -peace child
366995
Considering there are no real elections to speak of, the term "president" does not really apply.\nNo one feels the need to spontaneously leave their seat of power.\nHowever, this does not justify their removal by an invading army.
244515
There won't be one; George Bush will cancel them claiming that he is a wartime president, then subsequently declare himself dictator-for-life.\n\nWrite your congressman.
11386
No. Polls show that most people think that the Iraq war was a mistake.  There is no support for it in congress because any congressman that supports yet another unprovoked war would not be elected again.\nThis administration has only 2 years left.  The next administration will be much less likely to do it (McCain no, Hillary no,...).\nI don't think Iran or Syria will do anything concrete to provoke it.  After all Iran has been a major beneficiary of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.  It would be nice if the new president would shut up, but I think it's just a lot of hot air.
142180
Both are called "Mr. President."  It's up to them to remember whether they are currently in office or not!
585574
Iraq is and will be in civil war weather we leave there now or in a hundred years so it does not matter when we leave. The strongest will take the power and will run the country as they see fit and that is just the way it is. I was against the war to begin with, we have no business telling another country how to run their business, no matter how bad a leader that they have. I agree that Saddam is and was a bad man but that is Iraq, and we are the United States and we have plenty of problems with a bad leader right here.
802275
Um, no.\nNo matter who rules the house we should not totally withdraw. No the liberals have an uphill battle, if they shun the troops and make their efforts pointless then the american people will be furious with them and good luck getting re-elected. Thats just not a smart move. The terrorist wont like us no matter what, thats plain and simple. They attacked america so many times no matter who was "leading in congress". Think the american hostages in Iran in the 80's, World Trade 1 in 1992, The attack of the USS Cole, World Trade 2 in 2001. There are too many people who hate us for so many reasons. Bottom line, we should get the job done. The only thing that says we are losing this war is the media, ask the Iraqi people, they see that the US wants to help, yeah they want us out as soon as possible, but they dont want us to leave too soon. At work do you leave work unfinished?