Opinion (Helen Thomas): War won't end on Bush's watch

WASHINGTON - It's time for Congress to reassert its sole constitutional authority to declare war. But do the newly-empowered lawmakers have the courage? Both President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney gave TV interviews last weekend to assert their argument that the commander in chief has the right to continue the war against Iraq even if it is against the will of the American people and Congress.

The president is obviously playing for time. Bush is losing ground with more and more members of Congress who are resisting the escalation of what is looking like a no-win war. He must be finding it very lonely at the top.

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