The results of the mid-term elections obviously had no effect on George W. Bush. In Bush's mind, he's still "the decider", and he will do what he wants, regardless of what Congress or the American people want. The leader of the "free" world remains stubborn and arrogant. And this time he's playing with nukes.
Bush's latest signing statement was attached to a new U.S.-India nuclear cooperation law. In the statement, according to a Reuters article, Bush said his signature "does not constitute my adoption of the statements of policy (in the law) as U.S. foreign policy." Also in responding to reports mandated by Congress, he would consider how releasing data requested by lawmakers might "impair foreign relations."
There you go. Bush is the decider. Congress be damned.
Sen. Tom Harkin said it well: "With his recent signing statement, once again the president has shown he views Congress as a nuisance rather than an equal branch of government under the Constitution."
The article goes on to quote from a Harkin press release that it was "outrageous that the president has repeatedly stated the greatest threat to U.S. national security is a nuclear Iran, yet explicitly rejects Congress' declaration that it shall be the official policy of the United States that India will not use its nuclear technology to help develop Iran's nuclear weapons arsenal."
No kidding.
Do Bush's actions make any sense at all to anyone?
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