”The president does not have the authority to launch military action in Iran without first seeking congressional authorization,” so spoke Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.-apparently forgetting the precedent that GWB received just such permission in October 2002 for Iraq, while Bill Clinton never attempted to do so in the Balkans. As I recall Rep Campbell (Calif. – R) sought to force Clinton either to declare war or cease in the former Yugoslavia, while the House Democrats narrowly lost passing a resolution supporting the air strikes. If Reid were not disingenuous, he would (a) either cut off aid to the congressionally approved Iraqi war, and deny funds for a possible Iranian strike, and (b) lament Bill Clinton’s unilateral war and past Democratic failure to gain consent from Congress before the bombs began falling.