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So was colin powell. >> indeed, the facts and iraq's behavior show that saddam hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce more weapons of mass destruction. >> the national debate over going to war in iraq was heavily lopsided in favor of war. in the united states senate, the war resolution passed with 77 votes, only 23 senators opposed it, including only one republican rhode island senator rink on chafee. >> what concerns me most is the pattern we see applied to iraq, that is abandoning of our alliances and willing to be preemptive without any real evidence of weapons of ma...

>> indeed, the facts and iraq's behavior show that saddam hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce more weapons of mass destruction. >> the national debate over going to war in iraq was heavily lopsided in favor of war. in the united states senate, the war resolution passed with 77 votes, only 23 senators opposed it, including only one republican rhode island senator rink on chafee. >> what concerns me most is the pattern we see applied to iraq, that is abandoning of our alliances and willing to be preemptive without any real evidence of weapons of mass destruction. >> in...

Colleague, senator ran paul, was very sharply critical of the administration's decision to go into libya in the first place without coming to congress for a war resolution. let me play this for you. >> you can be absolutist and apply it to every circumstance. the problem is it just doesn't work in some instances. when 10,000 people are about to be wiped out by a brutal dictator, and you need to make a quick judgment about engaejment, you certainly can't rely on a congress that has proven itself unwilling to move after weeks and months sometimes. >> apparently they went at each other. we'll sho...

Little bit in the second term when they said that the what's known as the 914 war resolution was the ability -- the authorization for the use of military force for denying habeous and that remains true for the obama administration justice department. ben rhodes, if you were to ask him now, how do you justify holding the people you have in guantanamo and he would say the authorization of the military. >> all the more reason addington's effect is more agreenlgous. the ultimate cost is power. that's not true. it's being put in jail. in our democracy -- >> i'm not suggesting that. >> there -- if y...

Bush when going into iraq the first time, he did get a war resolution. that was a very con tesch contentious bait. when george w. bush went into war the second time, there were a lot of different things. there are very few declared wars. >> nick ragone, thank you very much. good discussion. >> thank you. we'll take you back to libya for a live report in just a moment. also ahead, the battle against radiation at japan's crippled nuclear pour plant and today's false alarm. you are watching msnbc sunday. [ rattling ] [ gasps ] [ rattling ] [ laughing ] [ announcer ] close enough just isn't good...