Repeating History

The Bible speaks of the "sins of the father" being visited upon "the third and fourth generations", but what about repeating the sins of one's self? A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge through Administration rhetoric that is suspiciously similar to the rhetoric that led up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq (which I supported and still do support). Whether war with Iran is justified or not, that is not the issue here. As Pat Buchanan writes today, there are proper means to accomplish a desired end.

If [Democrats] do not want war, and as Sen. Joe Biden says, he does not want war, why is his Foreign Relations Committee not holding hearings on what exactly Iran is doing in Iraq, how advanced its nuclear program is, what Iran is asking to stop short of nuclear weapons, what Iran is willing to pay for peace with the United States, and what we are willing to offer to get them to back off in Iraq and give up nukes?

If we are going to war, Congress, not George Bush, should take us into it. Isn't that how the Constitution reads?