Actually the rePUBIClans control the House at this time, not the DIMacrats. And remember we are not at war with Iraq, a country with an officially elected democratic government. We are "at war" with Terrorist, a group that does not have national boundaries or any particular ideology for that matter. The protestors in France who incited riots could technally be considered terrorist, so the Presidential mandate should allow us to attack France to remove the "Terrorist Threat" to Western Democracy.