The War President

Bush is trying to work out a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Iraq that would not only extend the time for US troops to be in that country but would bind us into it. It also contains little goodies like immunity for contractors (can we all say "Blackwater"?). It is also being worked outside the normal route for treaties that would require Senate ratification. I am not certain it's even legal. But that has never stopped GWB, possibly the greatest criminal alive.

You can read about it in dday's article at Hullabaloo, plus the other article about how the WH is using the AUMF* to justify this creative agreement.

In the second article, dday writes this:

They're really grasping at any straw they can, and considering that Congress has failed to hold them accountable for this whatsoever, they'll probably get away with it. And by the way, this is not just about Iraq; this is about making sure that any other potential war doesn't need Congressional oversight or authorization, either. If they need an October surprise to win the election, they don't want to have to mess with any pesky "laws" in order to make it happen. So the precedent of using the 2002 AUMF is also about a pretext to use the September 20, 2001 AUMF for Afghanistan to strike any "terrorist" anywhere in the world. And we know who comes up with the definition of a terrorist.

Emphasis mine. And if that doesn't scare the bejeebers out of you, you are not paying attention.

*Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq Resolution of 2002