I have had a chance to look into this a bit more and I really dont see the issue or any contradiction with President Obama's previous position:
1. the issue in 2003 was the fact that President Bush was committing the USA to unilateral action without UN authority:
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I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of al-Qaeda.
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http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Barack...;s_Iraq_Speech
In 2011, you have a specific UN resolution and a broad international coalition;
2. President Obama has fulfilled all of the requirements under the War Powers Act of 1973:
http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal22/warpow.htm
sec. 5 (a) only requires the President to report to the speaker (Bohner), which was done last friday, and the president of the Senate (Biden).
sec. 5 (b) then provides that he has 60 days to either cease military action or obtain authorization from Congress.
You really have to look at this from a skewed partisan viewpoint to see a problem..
